Adele D. Oliver


Community Manager, Lotusland, Canada

The Virgin and the Dragon Slayer

Over the entrance of the Scuola degli Schiavoni (Scuola Dalmata) in Venice, a school dedicated to St George which was established in the 15th century by the Dalmatian Slavs, or “Schiavoni,” who lived in Venice The relief shows St. George Killing the Dragon (1552), by Pietro di Salò and, above it, a "Virgin Enthroned with Saints" (mid-14th century) by a Venetian sculptor.

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