Venetsia – merestä syntynyt kaupunki. 1. kurssi: Venetsia 600-1400-luvulla –erään maailmanvallan synty
Venetsian kulttuurihistoriaa keskiajalta nykypäivään
Pidän tämän kurssin Venetsian kulttuurihistoriasta jälleen kerran Helsingin työväenopistossa keväällä 2026. Edellisen kerran olen pitänyt sen muun muassa Lodzin yliopistossa Puolassa. Teen tästä luentosarjasta myös suomenkielisen verkkokurssin talvella 2026. Kevään kurssi työväenopistossa on kaikille avoin ja ilmainen. Kaikkia luentoja ei ole välttämätöntä tulla seuraamaan, vaan voit luonnollisesti valita itseäsi eniten kiinnostavat aiheet.
Luentokertoja on viisi, ja ne pidetään maanantaisin klo 17:00 – 18:30 Kallion Opistotalossa, Viipurinsali, 2. krs. Tervetuloa!
Verkkokurssi on tällä sivulla TikTok-videoiden ja palautelomakkeen alla. Sekin on kaikille avoin ja toistaiseksi ilmainen. Eikä kurssille osallistuminen edellytä rekisteröitymistäkään.
Helsingin työväenopiston kurssiaikataulu on seuraava:
16.3.2026: “Venetsia 600-1400 -luvulla – erään maailmanvallan synty ja kukoistus”
23.3.2026: “Venetsia ja Renessanssi 1: 1400–1500-luvuilla”
30.3.2026: “Venetsia ja Renessanssi 2: 1500–1600-luvuilla”
13.4.2026: “Kultainen auringonlasku – Venetsian rappio 1700-luvulla”
20.4.2026: ”Kuolema Venetsiassa – Venetsian tasavallan loppu 1800-luvulla”
Tervetuloa tutustumaan Venetsian kiehtovaan tuhatvuotiseen historiaan!
The basilica of San Pietro di Castello is located on the island of Olivolo that was the first island inhabited in Venice and the very first religious, economic and commercial centre of the city. The church was the episcopal seat in 775-1451 and then the cathedral till 1807, when the title was assigned to St Mark, till then only a ducal chapel. The first church of San Pietro was constructed during the first decades of the IX century. In 1603 the church was destroyed by fire, and only some mosaics in the chapel of Lando were saved. The actual church is from the 17th century. In the church there is also conserved the so-called siege of St Peter, considered the siege of the apostol of Antiochia with verses of Coran in Arabic. San Pietro houses also many important art works of painters, such as Luca Giordano and Paolo Veronese. #Venice#Venetsia#Sanpietrodicastello
Saint Mark’s square is said to be the most beautiful square in the world. The first constructions started in the XI century, it’s actual shape dates from the XII – XIV centuries, and the last buildings from the 19th century. The construction of the glorious Saint Mark’s Basilica at 5he otherbend of the square initiated in c. 836 and ended in 1797, although the church was consecrated in 1094. #Venice#Venetsia#saintmarkssquare#PyhänMarkuksenaukio#SaintMarksBasilica#PyhänMakuksentuomiokirkko
The tiny church of San Giacomo di Rialto is said to be the oldest church in Venice, consecrated in 421. It was several times reconstructed in Rialto area where in 1097 was created the Rialto market, the commercial centre of the city, and still today it is a vibrant area filled with all kinds of shops, near the city’s food market. . San Giacomo di Rialto does not house important works of art, but instead there is the relic of the arm of St James, died in Jerusalem in 44 a.D. #Venice#Venetsia#Rialto#Sangiacomodirialto
The church Santa Maria dei Miracoli was ordered by the Senate of Venice to house the painting “Virgin Mary” (“La Madonna col bambino”) of a relatively unknown painter Zanino di Pietro (1389-1443). Common people of the city considered the painting commissioned by a merchant who exposed it outside his house, a miracle. As a consequence, the church was named “miracle”. Santa Maria dei Miracoli is the first Renaissance church in Venice, completed in 1489. The architect is Pietro Lombardo (1435-1515), a well-known Renaissance architect. #Venice#Venetsia#Santamariadeimiracoli#Renaissance#Renessanssi#pietrolombardo
Campiello del remer on Grand Canal is a fascinating square surrounded by palaces of the XV century with gothic windows and staircases outside. Now there is popular osteria, but the campiello has a creepy history. Here, during the XVII century a jealous husband cut his wife’s head with a sword. He was of course arrested, but managed to escape and find the wife’s head. With the head the devastated husband threw himself to Grand Canal, but still returns to ghost. Sometimes during the full moon he emerges from the canal with the head of his poor wife. 😱 #Venice#Venetsia
Al Portego is a traditional Venetian osteria, where you can eat either warm dishese or the small snacks called “cicchetto”. And of course drink wine and other alcoholic drinks. Long time ago Al Portego was a brothel, and the price list of the services the ladies provided, is still visible on the wall. #Venetsia#Venice#osteria#AlPortego
