Faculty Advisor
Carrera, Fabio
Faculty Advisor
Zeugner, John F.
Center
VENICE / Venice Project Center
Sponsor
UNESCO
Abstract
With 144 churches spread throughout Venice and its Lagoon, churches are an important aspect of Venetian culture. Many of these churches were established as early as the tenth century and have since undergone several reconstructions. In many churches, the floors have remained consistent and many contain church floor artifacts. While these artifacts are made of stone, years of wear from parishioners walking over the artifacts combined with flooding as a result of acqua alta have worn down their inscriptions. Since 1999, Worcester Polytechnic Institute projects have cataloged and assessed the condition of the church floor artifacts in Venice. This project consolidated all past data and artifact assessments to create a ranked damage score list as well as a database on Venipedia.
Publisher
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Accepted
December 2012
Project Type
Interactive Qualifying Project
Copyright Statement
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Accessibility
Unrestricted
Advisor Department
IGSD
Advisor Department
Humanities and Arts