Venice: The Doge's Palace has a myriad of treasures both inside and outside its walls.

The Doge's Palace has a myriad of treasures both inside and outside its walls.

 An example are the Capitals of the columns on the ground floor of the Doge's Palace help the understanding of the Palace, as they are an iconography of Venetian power and how this power was seen and shown to the Venetian people.

 The main consideration is that the whole palace had to be a symbol, located as it is as a lucky gateway to the city, in which the rulers sat and important decisions were taken and justice was also imparted.

 As you can see on the facade towards the San Marco Basin, Justice is located at the top of the central balcony, well above the power of the Church, in this case personified by the Madonna and Child, but also above the balcony from which the members of the  Greater Advice.

 The external part therefore also had to have a representation that could be easily interpreted by the population.

 On the corner near the Porta della Carta, also the entrance of the judges of the Council of Ten, the Judgment of Solomon is sculpted and from this point the description and iconography of the Capitals of the Doge's Palace.

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