Caorle
Caorle is a delightful seaside village 65 kms from Venice and 30 from Jesolo. With its lively old town reminiscent of the streets and squares of Burano (a famous island of the Venice Lagoon), the harbour dotted with fishing boats and the fish market, being one of the most important in Italy, Caorle is particularly renowned for its charming and spacious beaches, awarded the prestigious European Blue Flag for several years.
The two beaches of the East and of the West are connected by the scenic waterfront stroll, crowned by the church of Madonna dell'Angelo.
A town of ancient origins, Caorle is home to architectural and artistic beauties. The Duomo (cathedral), the heart of the old town centre, of usually austere Romanesque forms, dates back to the year 1000. On the side of it, the bell tower stands with its peculiar cylindrical shape of clear Ravenna-Byzantine descent, a rare such example in Italy. The Cathedral retains a number of masterpieces including The Last Supper, a seventeenth-century painting by Gregorio Lazzarini (master of Giambattista Tiepolo) and the Pala d'Oro, a painting, the legend has it, donated to this church in 1498 by Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus.
Im Dom sind Kunstwerke wie das Gemälde von Gregorio Lazzarini, das Abendmahl, zu bewundern sowie die goldene Altarbild, das angeblich von Prinzessin Caterina Cornaro 1498 geschenkt wurde.
