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CHAPTER III.

Visits to Various Monasteries, &c.—Sant' Elena.—
Sant* Antonio. — San Cristoforo. — San Giorgio
Maggiore.—Sant' Andrea.—San Francesco delle
Vig-ne.—Frari and Milanese Chapel.—Santa Maria
dei Servi and the Chapel of the Lucchese.—La
Carita.—San Salvatore. — Carmine. — San Nicolo
del Lido.—San Giorgio in Alga.—Madonna deir
Orto.—Convents.—San Zaccaria.—Virgini.—Zeles-
tre.—Churches.—San Pietro.—San Marco.^-Parish
Churches.—San Giovanni e Paolo.—Scuola di San
Marco. — San Domenico. — Miracoli. — Arsenal.—
Ships.—Gondolas. — Murano. — Glass Industry. —
Gardens.—Venetian Gentlemen. —Their Dress. —
Venetian Women.

The first visit we paid was to the Monastery of Sant^Elena,
belonging to the Camaldolese Order (Note 22). As far as
we could learn it was first built and endowed by a certain
Alessandro Borromeo, who has a splendid tomb in a chapel
at the side of the church. The body of Saint Helena
was shown to us and many other relics. The church is
beautiful, and has a choir adorned with very magnificent
stalls, in which pictures are inlaid representing all the
cities under the dominion of the Venetians; it is a most
beautiful piece of work. The monastery is as beautiful as
could be described.

I visited the monastery of Sant ^Antonio of the Order
of Monte Oliveto (Note 23); it is so beautiful that it lacks
nothing. The church is beautiful, and in the said church
there is a very wonderful thing—a Christ taken down from