Discovering Venice with alequandro! #14 - The Basilica of Saints John and Paul - A beautiful surprise entering the hospital in Venice

Today is 21 days that I do not use Steemit!!
I had a lot to do with the job and then I had to help my dad who was operated on the hip.

It was years since he had to do the surgery but the technique was not at a good level so the doctors had advised him 15 years ago to wait as long as he could...
A new technique has been developed that guarantees a very short recovery period because the operation is less invasive compared to previous techniques.

The day after the opeation my dad could already walk on crutches!!!
For the operation he wanted to entrust a surgeon experienced in this new technique that operates in Venice, so every day I went to visit him and I visited Venice...

To go to the hospital we took the boat, I took a picture...look at that traffic!

After half an hour of navigation we arrived at the hospital which has an old and a new part that has expanded it.
I had never been to this hospital and I must say it is wonderful!!

The hospital is accessed through the "Scuola Grande di San Marco" (Great Sschool of San Marco), a Renaissance building with a façade that leaves visitors speechless...

To the right of the marble facade of the School is the Basilica of Saints John and Paul.
It is one of the most impressive medieval religious buildings in Venice, together with the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. It is considered the pantheon of Venice because of the large number of Venetian doges and other important people who were buried there from the thirteenth century.

A few meters from these wonderful buildings is the equestrian monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni, a bronze statue (height 395 centimeters without the base) created by Andrea del Verrocchio. For those who do not remember, Verrocchio was a master of Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino and many others...

It was built between 1480 and 1488 and located in Venice in Campo San Zanipolo. It is the second equestrian statue of the Renaissance, after the monument to the Gattamelata of Donatello in Padua, dated 1446-1453.

Waiting for visiting hours to see my dad I took a quick tour of the basilica...

There are really beautiful high ceilings, domes full of decorations, paintings that you could spend hours watching them, I will definitely be back!

There is also a chapel built by Andrea Tiani in 1690 that I managed to photograph without the presence of tourists.

As I said the visit to the basilica was fast, it was time to go visit my dad...

I left the Basilica and entered the Scuola Grande of San Marco...
See what the entrance looks like!

The entrance area is used as an exhibition area for modern works by Italian and foreign artists.
I was observing some works when I noticed a strange thing...

I did not believe my eyes!
A cat slept on one of the exhibited works! He slept still.
People who passed by, began to notice it because I was there to photograph it!

What a beautiful art exhibition! I really like it !!

The art of the unexpected!

These are the beautiful things that make the days rich and interesting!

Simple and unplanned things...

Has there ever been an incredible situation? Do you want to tell me about it?

What's the most incredible unexpected thing that happened to you? The situation that changed your day? The surprise that made you smile?