Venice
VENICE INTRODUCTION
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Venice has no equal. The whole city is built on the sea, on wooden piles: the buildings, squares and streets rest on the piles, most of which have remained intact for centuries and which run down...
THE WONDERS OF LOCAL CUISINE
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A typically Venetian starter is sarde in saor, fried sardines served with onions caramelized in vinegar, pine-nuts and raisins. The recipe originated from the sailors’ need to preserve food for...
ST. MARK'S
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In a tangled, narrow maze such as Venice, St. Mark's Square will seem like a bright, beautiful, harmonious area with its 12,000 square meters surrounded by beautiful buildings. It is always...
DOGE'S PALACE
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As you can see, it has a perfect position between the waters of St. Mark's basin and the monumental area between the Piazzetta and the Pier. For the over one thousand years of the Republic of...
GRAND CANAL
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This canal has been called "the most beautiful street in the world"!
You can see the canal all in one go by letting the banks pass you by from the windows of a vaporetto, or you can make a...
ACCADEMIA GALLERY
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Your journey to discover Venetian art begins with the Accademia Bridge and continues to the city's most important art gallery. It is an extraordinarily valuable museum that is also very fragile and...
RIALTO BRIDGE
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Until the second half of the 19th century, the Rialto Bridge was the only passage between the two sides of the Grand Canal. Throughout the rest of the city, the only way to get to the other side was...
GUGGENHEIM
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You're in Venier dei Leoni Palace, which you've probably already admired while cruising down the Grand Canal. Almost like a symbol of the Venetian Republic's decline, this palace's construction was...
BASILICA OF THE FRIARS
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The Basilica of the Frari, or simply the Frari, is one of Venice's richest treasures of art!
As you've probably already noticed, Venice isn't always easy to navigate what with its squares, hidden...
SCUOLA GRANDE DI SAN ROCCO
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If you're wondering why the palace before you is called a "School", you should know that "Schools" in Venice were actually social institutions and were enormously important for...
CORRER MUSEUM
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The side of St. Mark's Square which faces the church and where you now stand was rebuilt at the beginning of the nineteenth century in elegant Neoclassical forms: it is Correr Museum's main location....
SAN ZANIPOLO
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The Basilica of San Zanìpolo is one of the most spectacular churches in Venice!
You are near one of the jewels of the city's Gothic architecture. The church of Saints John and Paul, known by...
CÀ REZZONICO
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Do you like Vivaldi's symphonies, Goldoni's spirited comedies, Giambattista Tiepolo's paintings full of imagination, or Canaletto's landscapes, which are so clear they look like photographs? The...
LA FENICE THEATER
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This theater is one of the most beautiful opera houses in the world!
Even if you've never been here before, you'll probably already recognize the interior of this historic building from the fantastic...
CÀ D'ORO
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If you've already had the chance to pass it on a vaporetto or gondola on the Grand Canal, you were probably quite enchanted by the sight of Ca' d'Oro's façade, which is the most famous and...
BIENNALE
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The Biennale is home to one of the world's most important artistic events!
With celebrations, festivals, concerts, theater seasons, art exhibitions, and film, you'll never be bored in Venice! The...
THE GHETTO
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Yet the word "ghetto" has an ominous sound: it has become a synonym of imprisonment and suffering, of being closed off. Ironically, its origin comes from a word in Venetian dialect......
MURANO
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Murano is one of the most enchanting locations in Venice's lagoon!
When choosing a souvenir from Venice (which range from expensive leather masks to small plastic gondolas), you will be offered a...
MARCIANA LIBRARY
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St. Mark's Piazzetta, where you now stand, features two magnificent palaces facing each other. They are completely different in style and function, but they both have harmonious and delicate loggias:...
SCUOLA DI S. GIORGIO DEGLI SCHIAVONI
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You are in the Castello district, in a somewhat farther-out area that, however, contains one of the city's artistic jewels: The Scuola di San Giorgio. This palace, known as the "degli...
ARSENAL
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If you're here at the Arsenal, it's probably because you came to the area to see the Biennale, and it's precisely this vicinity to the Biennale gardens that has given the the old industrial...
SAN SEBASTIANO
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Wouldn't you like to finally tour a Venetian monument calmly, without being surrounded by crowds of tourists? The Church of San Sebastiano built in the first half of the 1500s will amaze you. The...
