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City
of Venice - Italy
| CITY
OF VENICE
Venice is a wonderful city in the lagoon of Veneto
and one of the most important ports of the Mediterranean
Sea.
It is a city rich in museums where you can see
the finest original works of art by the greatest
artists; nowadays Venice is a wonderful well-known
centre of art. Its many palaces and churches make
it a museum under the open sky. In addition Venice
is called the “City of Lovers”: indeed,
thanks to the lack of cars you can have long and
quiet walks all around the city. Venice is the
ideal place to be visited both by young and less
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Canal Grande
The Canal Grande is so called because it
is the widest waterway (it is “S”-shaped)
running through Venice.
While sailing up and down the Canal you
can see beautiful bridges such as:
- ponte Degli Scalzi (Scalzi Bridge),
- ponte Rialto (Rialto Bridge),
- ponte dell'Accademia (Academy Bridge).
You can admire sumptuous XIII-century and
XVIII-century palaces as well such as:
- palazzo Vendramin Calergi (Vendramin
Calergi Palace),
- Cà d'Oro (Cà d’Oro
Palace),
- palazzo Grassi (Grassi Palace),
- palazzo Dario (Dario Palace),
- palazzo Cini (Cini Palace),
- Cà Rezzonico (Cà Rezzonico
Palace),
- Cà Foscari (Cà Foscari
Palace),
- palazzo Papadopoli (Papadopoli Palace),
- Cà Pesaro (Cà Pesaro Palace).
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- Piazza San Marco (St
Marco Square):
The square is 175 metres long. It was labelled
as “the most beautiful salon of Europe”
by Napoleon and it is the historical, cultural
and touristic centre of the city. In that
square you can visit some of the most popular
places and buildings of Venice, e.g.:
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Basilica
di San Marco (St Marco Basilica);
according to tradition in the year 828
two merchants from Venice carried St
Marco’s mortal remains from Alessandria
d’Egitto to Venice and the doge
ordered that a church was built in his
honour.
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Campanile
di San Marco (St Marco Church
Tower):
the Campanile dates back to the XVI
century and it is about 99 metres tall.
You can have a wonderful view of the
city from the top of the tower. The
small three-arched loggia located at
the base of the tower was made by Sansovino;
the loggia is made up of different columns
and is decorated with statues by the
same artist.
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Palazzo Ducale
(Ducale Palace):
it was the sumptuous residence of the
doge. It was built in 1309 though it
was finished only in 1442. Its facades
show different kinds of architectures.
The façade overlooking the small
square consists of colonnades made up
of columns whose capitals are richly
decorated. The logge are situated on
the colonnades. The façade overlooking
the quay shows an elaborate XV-century
balcony.
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Libreria
Sansoviniana (o libreria marciana)
(Sansoviniana or Marciana Libreria):
it is a beautiful Renaissance building
by J. Sansovino. Inside the building
you can get to the lobby through a two-flight
staircase. In the middle of the lobby’s
ceiling you can see the “Sapienza”
by Tiziano. You can visit the golden
room and see its many paintings, such
as “Canto”, “Musica”
and “Onore” by Paolo Veronese.
About 750,000 volumes are in the Libreria
Sansoviniana; among the several manuscripts
preserved here there is the “Breviario
Grimani”, i.e. one of the most
precious and well preserved manuscript;
it dates back to the XV century and
it is the work of Flemish artists.
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Ponte di Rialto (Rialto
Bridge)
The Ponte di Rialto was built by Antonio
da Ponte.
It consists of one arch and two arcades
rising on the parapets. Inside them you
can find many small shops.
The bridge is the result of the late XVI-century
wooden bridges’ reconstruction.
Today you can admire the beautiful relief
decorations by A. Rubini and T. Aspetti. |
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(The Venice Biennial Exhibition)
Venice, 0 mt |
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- La Biennale di Venezia
(The Venice Biennial Exhibition)
The Biennale di Venezia, i.e. one of the
most important contemporary art exhibition,
takes place in Venice every two years. It
represents the launching pad for the best
present-day artists’ works.
It was born as a cultural institution in
1893, the year when it organized the first
Art Exhibition; throughout the years it
has become an Indipendent Association; nowadays
it is an Association of interdisciplinary
Culture interested in architecture, art,
cinema, dance, music and theatre. Indeed
it organizes events such as:
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International Art
Exhibition,
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International Cinema
Art Exhibition,
- International Festivals of live Dance,
Music and Theatre Show.
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