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	San Polo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		San Polo is the smallest of the six sestieri of Venice, covering just 86 acres (35 hectares) along the Grand Canal.
		It is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the ninth century, when it and San Marco formed part of the Realtine Islands.
		Attractions in San Polo include the Rialto Bridge, the Church of San Giacomo di Rialto (according to legend the oldest in the city), the Campo San Polo, the House of Goldoni, the Church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, the Church of San Rocco and the Scuola Grande di San Rocco.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Polo (198 words)

	Chiesa di San Rocco di Venezia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Chiesa di San Rocco (Church of St Roch) in Venice was built between 1489 and 1508 by Bartolomeo Bon the Younger, but was substantially altered in 1725.
		The neighbouring Scuola di San Rocco was founded in the 15th century as a confraternity to assist the citizens in time of plague.
		St Roch, whose relics rest in the church, was declared a patron saint of the city in 1576 and every year, on his feast day (16 July), the Doge made a pilgrimage to the church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Rocco_di_Venezia (171 words)

	Venice - The Four Great Plague-churches
		The church of San Rocco, built in 1490, was entirely modernised in the 18th century, and possesses an ugly late-Baroque façade, only interesting from the numerous figures of the saint which adorn it.
		San Giobbe may be reached, (1) direct by gondola ; (2) on foot, by the Merceria ; thence, turning R. at Goldoni's statue, along the new main thoroughfare known as the Corso, to the Cannaregio ; (3) by steamer (to c.) to San Geremia statlon.
		San Sebastiano may be reached, on foot, from the Zattere by continuing along the quay till you arrive at the Rio di San Sebastiano ; or, direct, in a gondola.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles29/venice-13.shtml (4797 words)

	Best Of Rocco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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		San Rocco di Venezia 1: The '''Chiesa di San Rocco ''' (Church of Saint RochSt Roch) in Venice 3: The neighbouring Scuola di San Rocco was founded in the 15th century as a confra
		Rocco Buttiglione 1: 3: Rocco Buttiglione (born in Gallipoli, Italy o 8: Rocco Buttiglione first attained attention on the Ita 20: ntitled to more benefits, and it was decided that Rocco Buttiglione, already a minister in the government 22: Rocco Buttiglione was also indicated as qualified becau
	www.daikaiju.com /edge/25081-bestofrocco.html (542 words)

	San Valentino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore, province of Pescara, is located on a hilltop between the Orta and Lavino rivers at an elevation of 1400 feet, in the Maiella National Park.
		The church, which was built from stone from the Maiella in the second half of the 18th century, was designed by the noted architect Luigi Vanvitelli, who designed the palace at Caserta near Naples.
		To the left of the church are the remains of the surrounding wall of the castle and the tower built in the year 1000.
	roccalett.tripod.com /SanValentino.htm (685 words)

	St. Rocco Church, Venice, Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The building of the Church of San Rocco was started in 1489 and finished in 1508 according to the design of Mastro Buono.
		In 1725 it was almost completely rebuilt as the church was threatening to crumble and fall.
		The importance of the church is based on the Venetian Republic Decree that the day of San Rocco be a public holiday since it was thought it had somehow contributed in driving away the Plague that afflicted Venice from 1575-1576.
	www.genegillminiatures.com /strocco.html (79 words)

	Let Us Pray
		San Rocco dressed in the clothes of a pilgrim and departed for Rome.
		Rocco was banished from the city and took refuge in a cave.
		Saint Rocco is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as the protector against the plague and all contagious diseases.
	www.sanrocco.org /Stories/02SanRocco.html (562 words)

	Notaresco in the province of Teramo, Abruzzo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On a hill in the centre of the Vomano Valley, famous for the remarkable church of San Clemente al Vomano, Notaresco is nowadays a lively modern little town, a few km away from the Adriatic Sea.
		Church of San Rocco, with a XVI-century terracotta representing the Virgin Mary
		The church is divided into 3 aisles, and the altar is peculiary decorated with insertion of colored stones.
	www.abruzzo2000.com /abruzzo/teramo/notaresco.htm (225 words)

	San Giuliano, Erice
		Through the Via Roma to the Piazza San Giuliano, in which stands the church of the same name, which was built under Roger II in 1076 and restored in the 17th/18th centuries.
		The Via Filippo Guarnotti leads to the Church of San Carlo (17th century on the left) and immediately after it on the right to the Church of San Pietro (1363, restored in the 18th century) as well as the nearby Instituto di San Rocco,a former monastery.
		This research center was founded in 1963 and named after a Sicilian scientist (in 1965 the writer Leonardo Sciascia wrote a novel, "La scomparsa di Majorana", "The Fall of Ettore Majorana", 1978, which is concerned with the scientist's fate).
	www.planetware.com /erice/san-giuliano-i-si-tpesg.htm (204 words)

	Porto San rocco
		In fact, in the distant 1850s the Strudthoff family purchased the land surrounding the church of San Rocco from Muggia to build a shipyard.
		The church was built on the area of the isolation hospital following the plague in the 1600s.
		For the small town of Muggia, the San Rocco shipyard was a great economic resource, and in an area where the fishing and salt-mine activities were part of daily life, the fishermen became expert shipwrights and carpenters, starting a tradition that still continues today.
	www.portosanrocco.it /storia.aspx?LANG=EN (208 words)

	What to see in San Polo area, Venice, Italy
		affectionately as San Giacometto), generally agreed to be the first of the city churches; tradition has it that it was founded in AD All around it stretch the markets, commercial and administrative buildings and areas of low-cost housing.
		The Church of San Polo dates back to the 9th century but was completely rebuilt during the 15th century.
		In the northern side of area, you will find the Church of S. Cassiano, with its Byzantinian-Venetian door-jambs and the bell tower are original dating back to the beginning of fifteenth century; all the rest of the church had been removed with many restorations during the centuries.
	www.nycevenice.com /what-to-see-in-venice/san-polo-area.html (825 words)

	Gatteo
		The oldest Church of the town of Gatteo is San Rocco.
		It was built in about 1484 at the time of the outbreaks of the plague, between 1435-36 and between 1458-61, in honour of San Rocco who is the anti-plague saint.
		Originally there was yet another window and a side door (both now walled up) that led to the adjoining cemetery (which was later transferred to the outskirts of the town).
	www.emiliaromagnafestival.org /ingleseemiliaromagna/gatteo.htm (117 words)

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		Anastasia(1250) and now also a museum multimedial with animals of the prehistory in natural format and mechanics Interesting it is after the church of San Rocco (baroque church built on rests of a more ancient church) that it has a remarkable painted some Fiasella, a bell-tower and tombstones of the 1300.
		To the extremity of promontory, the ancient church of San Pietro, built on the 1277.
		which the church repeats themes of the romanico-genovese: the big sight is itinerary through paths on the green, unique feature are hanging vineyards held up by the small wall at dry, wonderful example of landscape architecture created by man in an inaccessible nature.
	web.tiscali.it /hotel_venereazzurra/thepoets.htm (446 words)

	The Feast Day of St Roch by CANALETTO
		The painting depicts the scene when the doge, accompanied by the senators, visits the church and Scuola di San Rocco on the occasion of the feastday of the Saint.
		The Scuola di San Rocco dominates the centre of the composition; its exterior is decorated with garlands and paintings, as was the custom on this occasion.
		Canaletto shows an expansive view of this scene which could not, in fact, be observed, because the church of the Frari impinges too far on the near side of the square.
	www.wga.hu /html/c/canalett/5/canal501.html (295 words)

	Elba Island - Rio Marina - Museums and other places of cultural and historical interest
		This antiquity Oratory was built in the year 1570 on behalf of the prince von Piombino, and dedicated to the protecting one from the plague.
		of S.Marco because the little church it was goal of the praiing with processione and blessing of the mines that were made every year on April 25.
		In the 1830 building it is magnified to expenses of the Community of Rio, but after some year it is reduced to warehouse of the mines.
	www.elba-online.com /musei/mus_riomarina_03_E.htm (157 words)

	Churches of Switzerland and Italy Photo Gallery by Loren Mastin at pbase.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		02198 The main altar at the Cathedral Church of San Lorenzo in Lugano, Switzerland.
		The campanile of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Lugano
		02571* All of the photos with an asterisk were taken in the Church of San Rocco in downtown Lugano, Switzerland.
	www.pbase.com /loren/churches (380 words)

	The Townhouse S. Rocco, located in Barga, Tuscany. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Townhouse San Rocco is located on the top floor of one of the oldest buildings in Barga, already existing in the 15th century, as shown on contemporary drawings of Barga.
		The building is on one side of the church square, at the end of a narrow stone alley and next to the old stone bridge that connects the old and new part of town.
		The townhouse has been newly renovated in authentic Tuscan style and has panoramic views of the Park, the Apuan Alps, the Castello, the church of San Rocco, and, at the end of the alley, the main town meeting place (Il Cedro) with its cafes and restaurants.
	bargaproperties.bizland.com /Townhouse_San_Rocco.htm (248 words)

	San Rocco church, Lugano, in fullscreen QT virtual reality
		The recently restored San Rocco church was built in the 17th century and features frescos dedicated to the life of Saint Rocco di Montpellier, who is venerated in the Roman Catholic church as the protector against the plague and all contagious diseases.
		Conservation and restoration work has been ongoing since 1985 to the roof, bell tower and facades, and the chorus stalls.
		The residents of Lugano have always considered the baroque church of Saint Rocco a privileged place of culture and while it is used for prayer and worship, it is also a place where locals meet, largely due to its central geographical location within the city.
	vrm.vrway.com /projects/san_rocco_church/sanrocco.html (116 words)

	Carnival of Venice 2007 - Venice Carnival 2007 - Carneval de Venise 2007: Campo San Rocco (St. Rocco Square)
		The Building of the Church of San Rocco was started in 1489 and finished in 1508 according to the design of "Mastro Buono" and was formally consecrated by Alerio, Bishop of Chisamo.
		The Venetian Republic decreed that the day of San Rocco be a public holiday since they thought it had somehow contributed in driving away the Plague that afflicted Venice from 1575-1576.
		It was decreed that on that day the Doge should visit the church to pay homage to the Saint accompanied by the Seignory, the Senate and the Diplomatic Council.
	www.carnivalofvenice.com /documento.asp?id=5 (297 words)

	News
		On the other hand, controversies had already arisen concerning the Church of San Antonio, which also was declared inaccessible due to infiltrations (of water) into the roof following consolidation works.
		Thus the Parish Priest and the faithful must choose "the lesser evil" and brave/defy the asbestos in the Church of San Rocco despite this being burdened with another warning, following the denouncement by a private individual, which obliges the Parish Priest to remove the asbestos boards.
		The Superintendent responsible for the region, the architect Antonio Celenza, also supervises the Church and is carrying out his own reconnaissance of the building complex.
	www.torricellapeligna.com /News-07-English.htm (292 words)

	Festa di San Rocco History
		Those memories precipitated the birth of the San Rocco Festa in the new country, the United States of America and the new neighborhood of Plan 11, Aliquippa, in Pennsylvania, a special merger of cultures, freindships and memories were born.
		From the very beginning, the liturgy in church and the procession of the saint through the streets were the heart of the celebration.
		The San Rocco statue, imported from Italy in 1958, was carried through the streets of Plan 11 on the shoulders of a group of men who considered it an honor to bear the patron of Patrica.
	www.sanrocco.org /history.html (3427 words)

	Venice - The Academy - Hall Of The Scholars Of Bellini.
		This mystic portion of the picture is seen through the arch of a portico, from which hangs a lamp ; the foreground contains the attendant saints, as spectators of the mystery, an incipient attempt to render the curious old arrangement, by which later persons interfered with the scene, a little less obtrusively anachronistic.
		Ceremonial picture, from the church of St. Antonio di Castello, representing the old interior of the church, with a procession of pilgrims.
		Franciscan plague-picture, from the church of St. Francis at Treviso.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles29/venice-23.shtml (1598 words)

	Comune di POLCENIGO (Polcenigo Municipality) - Polcenigo
		In the middle of the short slope to the castle hill there is the Church of San Giacomo with the annexed Franciscan friary, the most ancient of the Diocesi of Concordia, mentioned for the first time in 1262.
		At short distance there are the Church of Ognissanti and the Church of San Rocco, whose bell-tower was a guard tower of the boundary walls.
		From that place you can go to the square through the characteristic Via San Rocco, or through "strada vecchia" (Via Coltura), which was the first real street of the ancient village; it's unusual for its double level.
	www.comune.polcenigo.pn.it /polcenigo-e.html (230 words)

	Ca' San Rocco Bed & Breakfast - Bed & Breakfast - San Polo e Santa Croce - Venice
		Ca' San Rocco Bed and Breakfast is situated in the historical center in Venice,
		Follow the direction Chiesa San Rocco (San Rocco Church).
		After the second bridge turn first street to the right Calle Ramo Cimesin, we are at number 3078.
	www.veniceby.com /casanrocco/pages/reach.htm (226 words)

	San Rocco church, Lugano, in fullscreen QT virtual reality and zoomify
		San Rocco church, Lugano, in fullscreen QT virtual reality and zoomify
		>> view San Rocco Church in QTVR Fullscreen
		Each fullscreen file is approximately 1.5 MB in size.
	vrm.vrway.com /projects/san_rocco_church (186 words)

	Cheese 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Its most important economic commitment is to support developing countries, where the defense of biodiversity means not only improving the quality of life, but also guaranteeing the survival of entire communities.
		will be in the Church of San Rocco (between Via Principi di Piemonte and Via Marconi).
		The book will be officially presented at ‘Cheese’ in the Church of San Rocco (Friday September 16, 3pm), which will also house an exhibition opened with a selection of the published photographs, available here.
	cheese.slowfood.it /eng/pagine/presidi.lasso?... (419 words)

	The Frari church and the San Rocco scuola - Itinerario
		The tour starts at the Frari campo: the signs of the foreign communities that lived here in the past characterize the square and its history.
		Inside the Frari church, it is possible to retrace the development of the history of Venice as well as that of the Venetian art (and not only Venetian) from the 13th to the 19th century - in particular, you can admire the masterpieces by Giovanni Bellini and Titian.
		Then, around the corner, we enter San Rocco campo where we can visit the site of the much celebrated San Rocco brotherhood, internally decorated with Tintoretto's masterpieces in the late Renaissance.
	www.seevenice.it /iter38e.html (237 words)

	AIAT - Piancavallo e Dolomiti Friulane
		Polcenigo is proud of its castle - first an early fortress and later a Roman tower - which has stood for over thousand years and which in 1700 was restructured as the Venetian palazzo we see today.
		In fact, the castle itself gave birth to suburbs on the valley below with the following names: San Giovanni, Coltura, Mezzomonte, Budoia, Dardago and Santa Lucia.
		Polcenigo is not only a delightful place but it is also an area filled with many intersections of ancient populations such as celts, gouls and
	www.turismo.fvg.it /piancavallo/localita/polcenigo.asp?l=2 (211 words)

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