Chapter 726: Vortex

The Church of Our Lady of Ankang is located at the entrance of the Grand Canal. If you come from the sea, you will see it at first sight, as well as St. Mark's Cathedral.

The Bible "Old Testament" records that after Noah there was a Semitic named Abraham, who had a son at the age of 99. One day Jehovah came down suddenly and asked him to kill his son Isaac as a sacrifice. Isaac did not know that he was a sacrifice, so he followed his father up the mountain. Abraham prepared everything and was about to put his son on the altar when he was about to use the knife. An angel flew to hold his hand and forbade him to kill his son. He told him that it was only a test from the Lord, and changed his mind. Use sheep as a sacrifice.

People's devotion to God has reached the point of desperation. When Venice was at war with the Ottoman Empire, it was in urgent need of military expenditures, as well as reconstruction work after the plague. When money was so urgently needed, funds were allocated to build churches. What is the difference between the Summer Palace?

Rational people know that it is irrational to do so, and the money should be used where it is more needed, but building a church for Our Lady after the plague is a promise, a contract, and the Venetians believe that this promise must be fulfilled.

In any case, the Church of Our Lady of Health must be repaired, just as Abraham almost killed his hard-earned son in order to show his piety to God.

God played a joke on Abraham. He didn't really want Isaac's life. He used another "lamb" as a sacrifice.

Among so many architects, the Venetians chose Baldassare Longner, a 33-year-old young man who is not experienced among architects at this age.

But a man of this age is in his prime, and his vision of women is different from that of 20-year-olds and middle-aged and elderly people after 40.

When a man likes a woman, it has nothing to do with what she wears, because in the end, it has to be taken off. At this time, the shortcomings of the clothes will be exposed. The original beautiful imagination is different from the reality, which will make people lose interest.

Some men don't like women wearing heavy makeup, not only because they don't want to kiss their lips, but also because if the powder is too thick, it looks like a mask.

When the sun began to set, the tourists who held their cameras during the day returned to the boat, and the dormant revelers were dispatched one after another. There were also many masked guests wearing gorgeous medieval dresses in front of the Church of Our Lady of Ankang. Time is reversed because of them, as if it is Venice a hundred, or more years ago.

According to records at the time, 170,000 wooden piles were used to build the church just to lay the foundation. During the construction, Baldassare Longner encountered many problems such as foundation collapse and wall support. In order to solve the stability problem, the architect also specially invented the strange spiral shape to support the dome.

She looks at this white building, what does she look strange about?

"Do you want to take a picture with her?" Monica asked.

"Did you see me bring my camera?" Pomona grumbled, forgetting it when she left in the morning.

"It's okay, I'll take pictures for you next time I come here." Monica said casually, pulling her long black wavy hair, "Where do you want to go shopping tomorrow?"

She wasn't quite sure if Severus would take Monica on a tour of Venice.

"Have you ever been to Torcello Island? There is Attila's throne there, and the Devil's Bridge."

Pomona looked at the dark-haired Muggle girl, who liked dark and evil things better than the witch herself.

"There is a Michelin restaurant on that island. It's unbelievable, right? It's almost a deserted island." Alessandro said, "If you want to go, you need to make an appointment in advance."

"What?" she said incredulously.

"Most of the tourists who go to Chero Island go for the mosaic paintings in the main church of Torcello. I just want to know if there is really a devil waiting there on the Devil's Bridge." Monica said, "Austria During the military occupation of Venice, a girl on the island fell in love with an officer of the occupying army. This naturally aroused opposition from the girl's parents. The girl in panic had to find the witch to help tide over the difficulties. So the devil appeared at the request of the witch, but the condition was that the witch had to exchange seven new lives for the young man's life. The devil first fulfilled The contract, on a moonless night, the girl came to the river as promised, the devil recalled the boy from the underworld, and set up a small bridge for them to embrace and meet, and the result was that both of them flew away. When it was the witch's turn to fulfill the promise, at this time There were no people on the small island, so the witch had to ask for a grace period of one week. However, during the grace period, the witch passed away, so the young parents on the island kept their newborn children. The devil who made a contract. But there is still a saying that every moonless night, the devil will still appear under the bridge and wait for the witch to fulfill her promise."

"Aren't you afraid that the devil will find me to fulfill the contract?"

"I said, I want to confirm whether there is a devil."

"Merlin's beard, I will not take risks just to satisfy your curiosity!"

"So you're not going?" Alessandro asked.

"I want to ask." She said without the courage.

"Oh~~" The two Venetians suddenly realized.

"It's okay, I'm in St. Mark's Square. If I'm not there, you can go to the Flora Cafe to find my mother, and she will call me."

"My ship is waiting at any time," said Alessandro, "but I will return to the main island at night, and it is best not to spend the night on that island."

Monica despised Alessandro, and the two quarreled again in Italian.

Compared with the world-famous Church of Our Lady of Hundred Flowers, the Church of Our Lady of Ankang is not considered a famous scenic spot of the Renaissance, and there is no admission fee here, as if it is just an ordinary church.

Today is not a health festival, they can't enter through the gorgeous main entrance, they can only enter through an inconspicuous small door, and the first thing that catches the eye is the main hall with a dome.

To be precise, it is a regular octagon, consisting of 8 columns to form a spacious cylindrical space, the floor is covered with marble with beautiful geometric patterns, surrounded by 6 worship rooms.

The setting sun streamed in through the windows, creating strange light and shadow effects, and a man in an ornately embroidered coat stood in the center of the marble floor.

He turned his back to them and faced the group statues of Maria, which would have been formal attire a few centuries ago, but now it is only worn by revelers. Only at this time did Pomona realize that her attire was inappropriate , Hastily took off his mask.

The man admiring the church with his back turned to them seemed to have noticed something, and suddenly turned his head to look at them.

He didn't wear a mask, showing a very handsome Italian face, not tall, but very sunny, about thirty years old, with black hair, but a pair of blue and white eyes, which looked a bit weird.

"Good evening," he said in broken English.

"Good evening." Pomona looked at this strange man, are all Italians so enthusiastic?

"Enjoy the beauty, because our days are numbered." The man looked up at the octagonal ceiling again. "The ship is sinking."

"Boat?" Alessandro asked curiously, "Where is the boat here?"

"Stupid," Monica said. "He's saying Venice is sinking, and the tip of this island looks like the bow of a ship."

But Pomona felt that was not what he meant.

She followed his line of sight, and like all churches, this church also had ceiling paintings. What he saw was a scene in a biblical story. Abraham was about to kill his son, but was persuaded by an angel.

Sometimes, God may not always be able to settle disputes, such as Cain killing Abel, it is also painted on the roof.

There is no choir in the church, only priests in robes explain to the believers, but she felt that she heard the trill of the devil.

She has a cursed violin, in which six Muggle souls are trapped, put it here, can they be redeemed and liberated?

She looked at the ugly woman who was being chased by angels next to the Madonna, she seemed to be the symbol of the plague.

You're damned ugly, so how practical it is for your mom to wish you a face as pretty as your dad's, don't you think? Tom?