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If you stand in front of the elegant entrance, to the left of the door is a white marble sarcophagus, with carvings of two angels and doves with crosses on them. This was dedicated to an early\u00a0<strong>Doge<\/strong>\u00a0called\u00a0<strong>Jacopo Tiepolo<\/strong>, who in a dream claimed he saw two angels accompanied by doves floating above a field covered in white roses, while a voice from above told him that was where he must build a church. He was the first of\u00a0<strong>21 Doges<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>Venice\u2019s history<\/strong>\u00a0who chose to be buried here, which is why\u00a0<strong>San Giovanni e Paolo<\/strong>\u00a0is often called the\u00a0<strong>Pantheon of the Doges<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Although Jacopo Tiepolo\u2019s dream might be more legend than truth, the church was built, and it might not seem like much nowadays, but at the time this whole area, as much of the city generally, was still swamp-like, muddy, dirty and rather smelly. Not ideal to build such a large, heavy and simply impressive building as this.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da72d62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"da72d62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acbfcc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"acbfcc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Monumento a Bartolomeo Colleoni<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab704c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab704c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In front of the\u00a0<strong>Church of San Giovanni e Paolo<\/strong>\u00a0you\u2019ll find the bronze monument dedicated to a general called\u00a0<strong>Bartolomeo Colleoni<\/strong>\u00a0as he rides proudly on his horse. It was sculpted by a\u00a0<strong>Florentine<\/strong>\u00a0man known as\u00a0<strong>Verrocchio<\/strong>, master of the young\u00a0<strong>Leonardo da Vinci<\/strong>. It is the first statue in history of a horse with one leg raised; you must consider how difficult it must have been to find the right proportions to keep such a heavy weight standing on only three legs.<\/p><p>Famously,\u00a0<strong>Colleoni<\/strong>\u00a0had fought many battles on behalf of the\u00a0<strong>Venetians<\/strong>, who granted him a place of burial anywhere he wished; he requested his statue be placed in front of\u00a0<strong>San Marco<\/strong>. Though he did not specify, there was no doubt he meant the\u00a0<strong>Basilica of St.Mark\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0in the famous\u00a0<strong>Piazza<\/strong>, but the\u00a0<strong>Venetian State<\/strong>, always adverse to blatant individual idolization, decided to misunderstand his intention, and place it here, since the building next to the church was at the time the\u00a0<strong>Scuola Grande di San Marco<\/strong>. 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