CA’ PESARO

This is the Museum of Modern Art. This sumptuous baroque palazzo houses 19th and 20th century Venetian, Italian and works from the Biennali, notably Klimt’s Judith. 20th century sculpture from...

CASTELLO

  The most eastern of the city’s districts, with imposing structures and fine buildings ranging from the Arsenale to the great churches of San Giovanni e Paolo and San Zaccaria. Castello...

FROM S. MARCO TO THE RIALTO

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...

CA’ REZZONICO

An imposing baroque edifice overlooking the Gran Canal. It was begun by the Bon family on a project by Longhena in 1667 and it was completed a century later by the Rezzonico family on a project by...

OSPEDALETTI

During the life of the Serene Republic there arose special institutions committed to caring for abandoned children, in which orphans were educated in music and song. A visit to the church of the...