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Venice Introduction

Venice rests on one of a series of 117 islands distributed throughout the Venetian lagoon at the northern end of the Adriatic Sea. The historic centre is divided into six quarters as San Marco, Dorsoduro, San Polo, Santa Croce, Cannaregio and Castello. Tourists naturally flock to Venice to experience its inimitable charm.

Venice Tours & Attractions

Museums & Galleries
Galleria dell'Accademia
Museo Storico Navale and Arsenale
Ca' Rezzonico

Historic Monuments
Palazzo Ducale and Ponte dei Sospiri
Canal Grande
Il Ghetto

Historic & Religious Sites
Basilica di San Marco
Campanile di San Marco
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari

Historic Collections & Others
Collezione Peggy Guggenheim
Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Chiesa di San Giorgio Maggiore

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Galleria dell'Accademia
Gallerie dell’Accademia is the home of one of the world’s greatest specialisedart collections and is one of the main tourist destinations in Venice. It contains masterpieces of Venetian painting up to the 18th century, generally arrangedchronologically though some thematic displays are evident.

Location :

Dorsoduro, at foot of Accademia Bridge

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Museo Storico Navale and Arsenale
The Naval History Museum's most fascinating exhibit is its collection of model ships. It was once common practice for vessels to be built not from blueprints, but from the precise scale models that you see here. The prize of the collection is a model of the legendary Bucintoro, the lavish ceremonial barge of the doges.

Location :

Ex Granai della Repubblica, Arsenale,
2148 Castello

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Ca' Rezzonico
Ca' Rezzonico museum houses a collection of paintings, sculptures, frescoed ceilings and 18-century furnishings. Among the famous artists whose works are exhibited at Ca' Rezzonico are Jacopo Tintoretto, Bonifacio de’ Pitati, Giorgio Massari, Canaletto, Pietro Longhi and Giandomenico Tieopolo.

Location :

Dorsoduro 3136, Venice

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Palazzo Ducale and Ponte dei Sospiri
Palazzo Ducale is a pink-and-white marble gothic-renaissance which becomes residence and government center of the doges who ruled Venice for more than 1,000 years, stands between the Basilica di San Marco and St. Mark's Basin. A 15th-century Porta della Carta opens onto a splendid inner courtyard with a double row of arches.

Location :

San Marco, Piazza San Marco

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Canal Grande
Grand Canal divides Venice into two parts which were once called 'de citra' and 'de ultra' , from the point of view of Saint Mark's. Other than the most ancient Rialto bridge there are also the traghetti' traditional gondolas which ferry the public across the Grand Canal in what must be the most romantic form of public transport.

Location :

at Piazzale Roma/Ferrovia (train station); and at Piazza San Marco

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Il Ghetto
Il Ghetto, Venice's relationship with its longtime Jewish community fluctuated over time from acceptance to borderline tolerance, attitudes often influenced by the fear that Jewish moneylenders and merchants would infiltrate other sectors of the republic's commerce under a government that thrived on secrecy and control.

Location :

Campo del Ghetto Nuovo, Cannaregio 2902/b, Venice, Italy

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