Venice beneath the curtain of rain seemed shrouded in fog, reminding Pomona of Marino Faliero, the Venetian doge who had been beheaded.
When he had traveled from Rome to Venice, a thick fog had suddenly risen as well.
After leaving Giudecca Island, they had not used the wizarding method of Apparition, but had taken a water bus like Muggles.
They wandered aimlessly through the city, going wherever their feet took them, like dandelion seeds carried by the wind.
In the end, they stopped at a small station in Cannaregio called "Madonna dell'Orto." Not far away stood a pink church.
Other than its color, there was nothing remarkable about it. Its façade was nowhere near as "grand" as those of the other churches.
The station had been named after the church. According to the brochures, the church had originally been dedicated to Saint Christopher. Later, a statue of the Madonna and Child had been discovered in a vegetable garden, so the church had changed its original name and become Madonna dell'Orto.
The church contained paintings by Tintoretto. His The Paradise, painted for the hall of Venice's Doge's Palace, was known alongside Michelangelo's The Last Judgment as one of the largest murals in the world.
Tintoretto had also painted The Last Judgment, though this one was a ceiling painting. Its inspiration was said to have come from Dante's Divine Comedy as well. The gates of Heaven stood open in the painting, allowing the countless people on earth a glimpse of the light within Paradise.
Jesus sat upon His throne, judging whether people were qualified to enter The Paradise. There was no depiction of Hell.
In 1993, an oil painting of the Madonna holding the Christ Child had been stolen. The church had left the frame empty, but fortunately, the painting had been