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{{Infobox Confraternity Symbol2
|image=[[File:SimboloMap.jpg|200px]]
|totalnumber=209
|totalnumbermissing=2
|totalconfraternity=167
|totalhospital=4
|totalreligious=19
|totalother=12
|purpose=Informative/Decorative}}

Symbols are a sub-set of [[Material Culture|material culture]] that have traditionally been used in Venice to denote ownership of a building or affiliation with a particular organization.  The majority of the symbols found within the city are confraternity symbols, which were used to denote the city's ''scuole''.  There were six prominent ''scuole'' in Venice that were referred to as the ''Scuole Grandi'', and to whom most of the confraternity symbols relate.  Other types of symbols refer to hospitals and various religious organizations.  The majority of the symbols found in Venice are classified as [[reliefs]], or low reliefs in particular.

[[Image:figure16_confraternity.jpg |right|thumb|A confraternity symbol from the Scuola Grande di San Rocco]]

==Statistics==
*The [[Symbol: San Marco 2199|oldest symbol]] is located in [[San Marco]] and dates from 1300 AD.
*The [[Symbol: Castello 3|most recent symbol]] is located in [[Castello]] and dates from 1755 AD.
*The  [[Symbol: Dorsoduro 1168|symbol in the most need of  restoration]] is located in [[Dorsoduro]] and dates from 1575 AD.
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==Damage and Preservation==
For general information pertaining to the sources of damage to Venetian symbols, please see the [[Damage to public art]] page.

For general information pertaining to the restoration and preservation of Venetian symbols, please see the [[Public art preservation|Restoration and preservation of public art]] page.

Specific information regarding the damage and restoration needs of each symbol can be found on the pages dedicated to each individual symbol, as listed in the navigation box under the "See Also" section of this page.

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==See Also==
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==References==
*Rizzi, Alberto. "Scultura Esterna a Venezia." Stamperia di Venezia Editrice, 1987.
*[[Venice Project Center]] 

==Bibliography==
*[http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-122610-103308/ 2010 WPI PreserVenice Project Team]
*[http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-122207-150125/ 2008 WPI PreserVenice Project Team]
*[http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-122207-150125/ 2007 WPI PreserVenice Project Team]
*[http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Scanned/00E050I 2000 WPI PreserVenice Project Team]

==External Links==
*[http://www.preservenice.org www.preservenice.org]
*[http://www.venice2point0.org www.venice2point0.org]

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[[Category:Decorative Artifacts]]
[[Category:Public Art]]
[[Category:Material Culture]]