Churches of Venice. The museum in the city

"No city in the world has a more glorious Bible than Venice", said John Ruskin, impassioned traveller and admirer of Venetian art. The Bible he was referring to was that comprising the extraordinary works of religious art in the churches of Venice, testimony to a thousand years of art, faith and history. These works were the fruit of enlightened patronage and highly skilled hands which, in producing art of unrepeatable beauty, also very effectively opened up the holy scriptures to a people with little propensity for reading. The churches of Venice and their art treasures are now the inestimable patrimony of mankind, and Chorus aims to make known the full splendour of history, beauty and spirituality that still survives between these ancient walls through its expansive project for their appreciation and protection. It intends welcoming visitors to these places and offering them a tour - illustrated in the pages of this guide which brings together fifteen jewels of architecture in an ideal compendium - in discovery of highly celebrated works and of secret, charming, often unknown parts of the city. (Don Aldo Marangoni, President Chorus-Associazione Chiese di Venezia)