In a thousand years of history Piazza San Marco has always represented the political, social and religious heart of the Republic. Leaving the Basilica of Saint Mark, the Palazzo Ducale, the Libreria...
In a thousand years of history Piazza San Marco has always represented the political, social and religious heart of the Republic. Leaving the Basilica of Saint Mark, the Palazzo Ducale, the Libreria...
From S. Maria Elisabetta at Lido we cycle down the Grand Avenue to the promenade, along which we will see the famous Hotel des Bains and the Hotel Excelsior, as well as the many art nouveau villas...
Set up in 1869 at the behest of the last descendant of the family, Palazzo Querini Stampalia houses more than 300 paintings of Venetian, Italian and foreign schools collected over the centuries by...
This is the largest collection of Venetian painting, where it is possible to see the greatest works of Venetian painters, from Byzantine panels by the masters of the 1300s, through the triumphant...
In 1949 the collector of modern American art, Peggy Guggenheim, acquired a palazzo on the Grand Canal which became her home for 30 years. It is now the most important museum in Italy of American and...
In the Central Lagoon. The island takes its name from its ancient allocation as a plague hospital for the quarantine of those suspected of being infected by plague. Deserted for some time, it has...
An island of the Central Lagoon that looks like a sandy hump between Lido and S. Erasmo. In ancient days this became a summer resort for the people of Altino, later for those of Venice. With S...
From around 1200 onwards the mendicant orders (friars) have held a significant place in Italian culture. In Venice their most important churches are those of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari...
In 1516 the government of the Republic of Venice established a place of enforced residence for Jews, thus instituting the first Ghetto in history. Their segregation served also as protection from...