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The Frari is a Gothic church in Venice’s San Polo district. It houses major works by Titian, including his Assumption of the Virgin above the high altar.
Read introductionAndrea Palladio designed the Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. The Benedictine church stands on its own island across the basin from San Marco.
Read introductionBurano is a settlement in the northern Venetian Lagoon. Its painted houses line the canals, and the former lace school in Piazza Galuppi houses the Lace Museum.
Read introductionCa’ Rezzonico is a palace on Venice’s Grand Canal. It houses the Museum of Eighteenth-Century Venice, with paintings, furnishings and decorated rooms.
Read introductionThe Doge’s Palace was the residence of the doge and a seat of the Venetian Republic’s government. It is now a museum in Venice.
Read introductionThe Gallerie dell’Accademia is a museum of Venetian painting in Dorsoduro. Its galleries occupy the former religious and confraternity buildings of Santa Maria dell…
Read introductionThe Grand Canal is the largest channel in Venice. It runs through the city from the lagoon near Santa Lucia railway station to St Mark’s Basin.
Read introductionMurano is a group of islands connected by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon. Its glass workshops and Glass Museum tell the story of the island’s glassmaking tradition.
Read introductionThe Museo Correr is in St Mark’s Square. Its collections trace the art and history of Venice in the Napoleonic Wing and the Procuratie Nuove.
Read introductionThe Peggy Guggenheim Collection is an art museum in Venice. It occupies Palazzo Venier dei Leoni on the Grand Canal, where Peggy Guggenheim lived and showed her col…
Read introductionThe Rialto Bridge is the oldest bridge over Venice’s Grand Canal. It joins the districts of San Marco and San Polo.
Read introductionSanta Maria della Salute stands at Punta della Dogana in Venice. Baldassare Longhena designed the Baroque basilica after a plague epidemic struck the city.
Read introductionThe Scuola Grande di San Rocco is the seat of a Venetian confraternity founded in 1478. The building houses a cycle of paintings by Tintoretto.
Read introductionSt Mark’s Basilica stands at the eastern end of St Mark’s Square. Gold-ground mosaics cover its domes, vaults and upper walls.
Read introductionSt Mark’s Square is the principal public square of Venice. The basilica closes its eastern end, and the Campanile stands on its own in the square.
Read introductionLa Fenice is a historic opera house in Venice. Its stage saw premieres by composers including Rossini and Verdi, and its auditorium has been rebuilt after fires.
Read introductionTorcello is an island in the northern Venetian Lagoon. Its cathedral, Santa Maria Assunta, preserves mosaics from the Byzantine tradition, including a Last Judgment.
Read introductionThe Venetian Arsenal is a former complex of shipyards and armouries in Castello. It built ships for the Venetian Republic and now hosts Biennale exhibitions.
Read introductionThe Venetian Ghetto is in Cannaregio. In 1516 the Venetian Senate ordered the city’s Jewish residents to live in a separate enclosure, the Ghetto Nuovo.
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