St. Landry clarion., November 19, 1921, Image 10

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A TOUR OF ITALY
The Attractiv# City of Florrene.
The" ealltiful City of Venice.
St. 'Mark's Church
By W. J. 8ANDOZ
Having left Rome with it,, won er
ful histoP , its art and inter-ting`
ruins, we soon arrived at another
famous city, 0lorence, called Firenze
iby the I4iibjli It is located .n a
little ;ivr r the Arno, -ad Is.
pictur3b ely eennl de by the hill of
Flesole and other foothills of -the Cen
tral Apennines. What is now the city
of Florence was doubtless occupied
many years before the Christian era,
but the ltruscan Florence was found
ed about 200 B. C.
Florence is one of the most attrac
tive cities of Italy and has been con
sidered from the .middle ages until
modern times as a centre of intel-,
aectual life. Including the garrison es
tablished there the population exceeds
150,000, but while for mapy years its
mercantile industries were consider
able, its present industrial activities
are very limited. The Florentines,
however, have ever been 'noted for
their .pre-eminence in artistic talent
and for the vigour of their reasoning
powers. It possesses even at this day
an amlagi profusion of ..treasures .of
art, imposing monuments and most
delightful environments, making it a
most interesting and attractive place
to visit.
Florence prides itself on being the
birthplace of 'a number of illustrious
men, including Dante, the great Chris
tian poet whose six hundreth anni
versary was recently celebrated;
Leonardo de Vinci, the famous painter
and author of the Mona Lisa; Michael
Angelo, the illustrious architect, pain
ter and sculptor; Americus Vespucci,
the navigator who first set foot on the
mainland of North America; and the
istinguished family of the Medici
hich produced popes, cardinals,
eens and dukes. Statues of these.
id other famous Tuscans adorn the
niches of the handsome Portico degli
Utffiz.
S.Among the nmort important places
of inidast in Florence is the fine art
gallery. which contains many of the
famoui patintini and- sculptures, 'i
the halian inasters. Ti one of the
principal galleries ga this large estab,
Slishment is grouped five of the most
celebrated pieces of sculpture .that.
now ase in existeQced: the Venus di
Midicl, the Sharpener, the Wrestlers
the Appollo and the Dancing Fawn.
A visit to the palace of the Midicis,
an aai eent castle built in the twelfth
.' ceantum antd occupied by this illtistrl
los . fily for some two hundred
years,= proved most interesting.. De
spite., t age it is in a good state of
-. ?epairfand still contains many of the
object4 and furniture which were in
use ceituries ago. It is now a museum
a snifl admission being charged.
Tha Petit Musee contains, many
.worksaof art, especially of the Flor-i
entine masters, and is well worthy
of a visit. Here is also located a'
former Palace of the King of Italy.
The present King. presented this pal
ace to the State just after the conclu
lson ot the greatnwav, in 1919. Its
furnishings are sumptuous indeed and
the numerous chambers, galleries, etc.,
are in the exact condition as when
they were used as one of the rdyal
residepces. It would be a great mis
take for the tourist -to fall-to visit this
magnl cent palace, which owing to the
fact tht it is furnished in up-to-dateý1
style lad contains many objects of ex
traordinary value, make It more in
teresttng in some respects than the
old pailaces which were visited in oth
er portions of Italy and in France.
iFlorence also possesses many- uine,
churches, the most important of. these
being the famous Cathedral, erected
in 1296 on the site of the earlier
church of St :IaparaUte The chur JI
larger than 11a other , churches ih
Italy up to that time, is 555 feet long
and 341 feet across the octagon, and
is built of black and white marble.
fThe donstrudtion of the cupola, com
pleted in 1434, took fourteen year;
the present facade was erected in
1.8754T. The interior is Impressive
owing to its grand dimensions, but it
is dark and almost bare of the usual
Mules! Mules! Mules!
On Wednesday, Nov. 23, 1921 we
iv*i have another carload of young
hbroke mules weighing 900 lbs to
i1):0lbs suitable for all purposes
ome look these mules over before buy
l teelsewhere for they can be bought cheap
rW than latter, we believe in quick sales
verytlhing guaeed as represented.
llAnhLAw
ornament to b ,tfound l-fine chutleh'
tes.. Our party. witnessed a very .
Sborate'eremonny. In, the Cathedral f
which many bishops, and priests par
ticipated. We also. attended misse at
the Church of the Concepfi,~CIIhothe-..
of the famous places of" worship. in
Florence. Bqsides the celebrated
"Miracle picture of. the Virgin" there
are here to' be seen a number of oth
er fine "pictures "and statues.
There is much more of great inter
est-,to write about in this attractive
city, and several days were' well-spent
there, -uit we must hurry on. Leaving
Florence we next visited Venice,.
which being. builtibrtginally on nme
erous islands just-inside the sea, pres
oats a most unugual and interest jig
appearance. The Italians call it
Venezia, its fifteen thousand palaces
and houses chiefly bIntt on piles and
on stone foundations, stia on 117
small islands, formed hby ,ore than
150 canals and ' conneted by 378
bridges builfft of stone; -r iron. While
there are many short st'-1?t and al
4-eys, practically all pn ~s ot com
munication is made thr x^ It these ca
nals by means bo sinmlt boats and
gondolas operated by gondoliers; on
ly in the grand canal is it permissible
to operate motor boats. 'The La
goons are connected irith/ .'the Adria
tic Sea by four eitrances, only two
of- which are available for large ves
sels.
One of the maet- delightful oxpr
lences of the visitor Is.: a File.; y
moo6light in a gondola through the
labyrinth of canals. Concerts are
frequently given on the waters of the
grand canal, a large boat being used
for the-musicians, the gondolas, :-with
each separate party; clinging close to
the 'larger boat while the concert is
in progres^. 3lach gondola is provid
ed with its own light, the ..oncer:
boat being decorated with -lanterns;
The music and singing is very enjoy
!able. The picture-..ie arrangement
of the houses along the canals, the
numerous bridges v-` :ch connect one
portion of the city with another, es
pecially .the more pretentious ones
like the Bridge of Sighs, the Rialto
and the Ponte della Paglia, together
-witi the labyrinth of canals, make
Venice a veritable dream-city to the
visitor.
There are many places of interest
in Venice, principal among which are
the Piazza and Church -of St. Mark,
he Palace of the ,DPg 0 Ctke - m
anfiled, the 1lock Tower, the Old Lib
rary and the Library of ~t. Mark, the
_Archaeological Museum and a num
ber of ncient -churches like the
Santi Giovanni. P.tolo aild Santa Ma
nra Formosa. A. much .-the Writer
would like to go into details in des
criptions of all of these, he will con
tent himself with a description of the
Church of st. Mark and -a .briet ref
erence to the Palace of the Doges.
-The .nucleu-s tof the Church f -8t.
Mark was a brick basilica begun in
the year 830. St. Mark is the tutelary
saint of Venice, the bones of this dis
tinguished doctor of t he early
Church having been brought by the
Venetians from .Alexandria in Egypt
in 829. The original' church having
been destroyed by fire a new church
was begun about the middle of the
eleventh century in the -Byzantine
style-.And decorsted- with the lavish
and oriental magnificence that com
mands admiration even until this day.
L'he 'burch -is 250 feet.long and 170
feet wide -ard is in ,the form of a
Greek cross, covered with Byzantine
domes in the centre and at the end
of each arm of the cror a. The facade
fs on the west side s -above it a
gallery, runs around the -pper part
o-f the church. Both tbhe exterior and
the interior of the edifice is adorned
with a total of fie hkindred maarle
columns with captals in a variety of
styles. The ,ower parts of the walls
are emibellished with oriental marble
the upper portions .and the vaulting
being dovered with mos'aids on -a 'gold
gro'und, the whble -being a magnifti
cent artistic cqp~eption. St. Mark's
wai the stae .h4ch of Je Republic,
in ~which th doh were ciooWi ahdi
in ,which e e-public a at-s
tended o s dsya, I fult l state;
and snie 1S0'tli~has been a Cathe
dral, a dignity which once belonged
to San Pietro dl Castello. -
churehi reO aiore 1IGeS i n gilded
bronse, five feet t aheight. They pro
bably once adorned the triumphal
arits of Nro arid afterwadr thatof
adorn the impeal hippodrome, qt
Constantinople, the Veaetlans I ving
brought'them -1 their capital as the
spois of war in 1204. In 'l :-they
were brought by',N poln .to 'Piuas,
hut- were restored tp, their former P-,
siflon by dectee of .the: -lEmperor
The high altar stands beneath a can
opy of verdle antioe, borne by efour
columns of rare marble with reliefs,
some of which were taken from the
Church of Saint Sofia -at .onsta tin
bdfe. the Pala d'Oro, - enam.eIld
work. with jewels on plates of gold
and silver, forms the altar-piece. It
was made at Constantinople in 1105
for the front of an altar. Under the
hIigh altar repose the relics of St.
Mark, which disappeared , after the
fire of 976 but were miraculously re-,
covered in 1094. Behind the high al
tar is a second altar with four spiral
eolumns of alabaster,: the -two- white
ones being translucent. - The mosa
ice in the dome. represent Christ suir
roanded by Old. Testament saints;
those of The apse, Christ enthroned.
'The bronze doors leading to the sac
risty bear magniticept reliefs. There
are here many other objects of great
hidtoric- and -religious interest, and at
knumber of other eseantiful paintings,
beulptureu, etc.. Magnificent Church
furnituref mostly brought as thb spoils
of war from St. Sophia at Constan
tinople, Egyptian vessels in rock-cry
stal, works in agate and turquoise and
a wealth of other theasures are here
preserved. The- general appearance
of St. Marks is grand. Fronting the ,
Piazza of -St. Mark, it has the4 most
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Fortune has indeed smiled This sa ewi tr "ll
on us and asa result We are .of byers-; w :
;able to offer the house- i- *:~-.N early attendance soI
keepers of this vicinity won't be dissappoi
these wonderful bar- Every article is
gains. Probably i ,.it
never again will it Aluinium
be possible for us 04 s te "' e
to place suchYour Choic of any piece In this lot for 4e ae
remarkable REGULALR Z0 to 26c VALo E 4
Sale Starts at Exactly 10 A. M., Tuesday, ,-av, 22, 1921
before EVERY thrifty. house-keeper . shoud take -in.h
vantage of this Sale. The Supply is ..
come early.
Your choice of any pic in this lot for 49ciEachb Your Choice of any loe in this lot for $1.49
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The .ae a d ;: the qqe isa nep.
the Chaur h ot MaRI aa4 .sa**
tci have been =lwaied ~T the first
Doge of Venice in 814.' F'We destroyed
It i la g97 id again in 1106, beinlg e
ceesively reilt thereafter, and i`
was altered and repaired on severi.
other occasions in :ia e );ars. The
Gothic portions o 1 Palace which
were t orou.hly rtoea i 1873,
form an arcad ' sweo stories, 36 cob
umns below a. 4~1 above, and Is sure
mounted by a i.of .brick upper story
ternnatiag in ean&c T les. st.
of Ventia enthroned, near the. ;
end of the 'Wst facaasi and the high
reliefs b ver' th_ corner-olumas, are
rmarkobl achievements in Lomluaid j
sculpture.
The richly ornamental flight of
steps leading to the palace, with the
colossal statues of Mats sanr'Netutune
at the top, are very interesting, On
the highest landing of these steps, in
the latter period of the .Republic, the
doges were crow}.c In tie "Coort in
front of the palace are the beautiful
statues of Adam and Eve, and here is
also to be seen the tall column sur
mounted by the Lion of St. Mark, j
which overlooks thbe ea. ]
Much :ialjt" wratten mh
nteresting cottn
derful .history extending over cen
turies *nd the achievements of its
maritime forces during the successive
governmnents when it was in the pe1
riod of its glory, but we must desst.
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:o. 7,198, Probte. Docket, ;-Steenth
Judicial District Court, Parisk
By virtne of an order of the RHon
orable B. H. Pavy, Judge of the Six
tenth Judicial District Court, hold
ing sessions in and for the parish of
St. Lands, I a 4a0 4 -
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commms. em.ecteo- bdrb
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signed to the I and bidder
fat the las sta n e=an ues
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SATURDAY, DECEMBe 24, 1921,
at 11 ;o'clock' a. m., the 'f.o ti i` 4e
scribed, property, .wo-wit:
A crip tract of land Wtihimprove
Steats, situatted on Bayoiiourtableau,
jn>ý_,aiah,-nC~wb a Lxra,.Lu& £h b qd.
ve acres of oh are open, an'~T e
balace woodland, bounded on North,
bLy Bayou Courtablean; South, by
property of Wolff; Blast, by prop.
One, wa On
ot Imptemnents aSitt 4
bushels of potatoes, 3 t
lJefen' om m e.a.
thorse, 1 lot hom
kitchenL.lsls: 7 ,I
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