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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.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanAndrea Palladio designed the Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. The Benedictine church stands on its own island across the basin from San Marco.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanBurano 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.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanCa’ Rezzonico is a palace on Venice’s Grand Canal. It houses the Museum of Eighteenth-Century Venice, with paintings, furnishings and decorated rooms.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanThe 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.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanThe Gallerie dell’Accademia is a museum of Venetian painting in Dorsoduro. Its galleries occupy the former religious and confraternity buildings of Santa Maria dell…
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanThe 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.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanMurano 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.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanThe 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.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanThe 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…
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanThe Rialto Bridge is the oldest bridge over Venice’s Grand Canal. It joins the districts of San Marco and San Polo.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanSanta Maria della Salute stands at Punta della Dogana in Venice. Baldassare Longhena designed the Baroque basilica after a plague epidemic struck the city.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanThe Scuola Grande di San Rocco is the seat of a Venetian confraternity founded in 1478. The building houses a cycle of paintings by Tintoretto.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanSt Mark’s Basilica stands at the eastern end of St Mark’s Square. Gold-ground mosaics cover its domes, vaults and upper walls.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanSt 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.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanLa 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.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanTorcello is an island in the northern Venetian Lagoon. Its cathedral, Santa Maria Assunta, preserves mosaics from the Byzantine tradition, including a Last Judgment.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanThe Venetian Arsenal is a former complex of shipyards and armouries in Castello. It built ships for the Venetian Republic and now hosts Biennale exhibitions.
Original tori for EnglishRead wetin e meanThe 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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