art in Venice


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1. Travel Tip:

My passion for Venice 5 stars

Sep 1, 2008
Sinbad t.
Globetrotter
Part of Topic Across Europe

I definitively have a deep passion for Venice! Every time I go there I just can’t take any photo in the first hours. It is like if being always my first time in that magic city: the osmosis is...

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2. Travel Tip:

St. Mark's Basilica 5 stars

Aug 4, 2008
kristin5683
Globetrotter

Perhaps the best known sight in Venice, St. Mark's Basilica is a stunning sight! It is an elaborate structure with domes and arches and columns. The basilica is the resting place of St. Mark.

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Jul 9, 2008
Sinbad t.
Globetrotter
Part of Topic Across Europe

Venice is full of amazing stories and places to discover. In the Grand Canal I highly recommend the Palazzo Ca d’Oro, meaning the house of gold. Today it is open to the public as a gallery,...

Tags for this Travel Tip: architecture history beauty art



Feb 28, 2008
lala30
Discoverer

Great Council Hall in the Palazzo Ducale is specially impressive because of the huge painting done by Tintoretto that hangs on the opposite side of the Great Council Hall, right above where doge...

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5. Travel Tip:

Palazzo Ducale 5 stars

Feb 28, 2008
lala30
Discoverer
Part of Topic culture, sights

Palazzo Ducale is located on San Marco piazza.

Palazzo Ducale or the Doge's Palace is one the staples of Venice and really should be seen at all costs, if nothing else then from the...


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6. Travel Tip:

Museo Communità Ebraica 4 stars

Feb 28, 2008
lala30
Discoverer

Museo Communità Ebraica is located at Cannaregio 2902b.

If you want to visit any of the 16th century synagogue in the area, you will have to go on the guided tours (there are tours...


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7. Travel Tip:

Santa Maria del Rosario 4 stars

Feb 28, 2008
lala30
Discoverer

Santa Maria del Rosario is located at Fondamenta delle Zattere.

In 15th century the church belonged to the Geusati order, however it was obtained in 18th century by the Dominicans...


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8. Travel Tip:

Gallery of the Academia 4 stars

Feb 28, 2008
lala30
Discoverer
Part of Topic culture, sights

Gallery of the Academia is located at Dorsoduro.

At the Gallery of the Academia you can enjoy paintings done by most popular Venetian artists from the period of 13th until 18th...


Tags for this Travel Tip: museum art 13thcentury 18thcentury tintoretto



9. Travel Tip:

Church of St. Zachary 4 stars

Feb 28, 2008
lala30
Discoverer

Church of St. Zachary is located at Castello, Campo San Zaccaria (behind the Basilica di San Marco).

If you like your art, then you should check out the church of St. Zachary,...


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Feb 28, 2008
lala30
Discoverer
Part of Topic culture, sights

Chiesa di San Giorgio Maggiore is located at on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore.

The church on the tiny island of San Giorgio Maggiore was designed by one of the most popular...


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