Titian's Mary Ascending into Heaven on the altar of the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. One of the few pieces of Venetian art worth preserving. We went to see an organ and horn concert here. The place was cold and damp. There's a pipe organ behind the painting and a space heater blew hot air onto the performers and the painting. It's amazing it has lasted from the 16th century. This is also the church in which Titian is buried beneath a marble rendering of this painting. The church also has a great tomb for one of the doges featuring bodies rising from the earth. They look like you might imagine bodies rising from the ground might look. Needless to say we liked them.

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