Venice - Academy Of Fine Arts Editorial Photo

Venice, Veneto, Italy - June 2, 2014: The architectural complex of Santa Maria della Carita, dating back to the early decades of the twelfth century, in 1807 became state property by edict of Napoleon and was designated as the seat of the Academy of Fine Arts with adjoining galleries. Since 1820 acts as an entrance to the Accademia Gallery, the most important collection of Venetian art which preserves countless masterpieces from bequests from private individuals or from suppressed churches and monasteries, especially paintings of the period from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century.