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Vogalonga Bacino San Marco, (St. Mark's Square), Venice, 30124 | ![]() |
Pretty much any kind of rowing craft can take part, and does, from canoes to dragon boats. In 2007, for the 33rd Vogalonga, there were a record 5,600 participants, in over 1,500 boats. Teams and individuals from the Vene... more
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Villa Pisani 7 Via Doge Pisani, Venice, 30020 | ![]() |
The ample hall decorated with frescos has the walls painted with pillars, producing a perfectly working plastic effect and outlining dummy architectural elements that surround the central work depicting the "Glory o... more
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Venice Film Festival Palazzo del Cinema, Lungomare Marconi, Venice, 30126 | ![]() |
Yet it’s more business-as-usual in ‘The Darjeeling Limited’, where sex and sensuality are barely in evidence among the sibling trio, even if Schwartzmann’s character has a brief explosion of passi... more
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Palazzo delle Prigioni del Palazzo Ducale San Marco 1, Entrance for the public: Porta del Frumento, Piazzetta San Marco, Venezia, 30124 | ![]() |
The pink-and-white marble Gothic-Renaissance Palazzo Ducale, residence and government center of the doges ( dukes, elected for life) who ruled Venice for more than 1,000 years, stands between the Basilica di San Marco an... more
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Collezione Peggy Guggenheim 701 Sestiere Di Dorsoduro, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Venice, 30123 | ![]() |
Peggy Guggenheim's father died in the Titanic, and with her inheritance she travelled around Europe, mingled with artists, collected their works and married one too: Max Ernst, whose 'The Robing of the Bride' is on displ... more
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Museo Diocesano Castello, 4312, Ponte della Canonica, Venice, 30124 | ![]() |
The decorations and the furnishing of the room wherein the works are placed are integral parts of the museum exibition: in the higher Church one can admire the splendid coffered wooden roof carved in 1536 by the Cortones... more
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Trip to Torcello Via Torcello, Venice, 30175 | ![]() |
It was still early in the morning when we took the boat from Burano to Torcello. It's only a ride of about ten minutes and you can see the bell tower of Torcello coming closer. This island is really small.In March 2007 c... more
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Murano Glass Sacca Serenella, 10, Isola di Sacca Serenella, 30100 | ![]() |
Murano is a lovely island and well worth a visit, but if you buy any glass- BEWARE! I purchased a lovely and expensive glass lamp from a woman who said that she would mail it to me. She even packed it up right in front o... more
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Carnevale di Venezia Piazza San Marco, Venice, 30124 | ![]() |
It was so cute and there were only Italians in it� exactly what we wanted! I enjoyed a great pizza, and then we headed back into the city, this time with our masks. We walked around, got gelato, and watched all the peo... more
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L'Arsenale Calle Castello, Venice, 30131 | ![]() |
The immense Arsenale dockyard was founded, according to tradition, by Doge Falier in 1104 and was built up considerably throughout the 16th century. For a republic founded on sea power, having a huge, state-of-the-art sh... more
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