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Museo Correr Piazza San Marco 52, Venezia, 30124 | ![]() |
Since I really wanted to see the Doge’s Palace, and to enter you must buy a cumulative ticket that includes Museo Correr, I also got a chance to see the gorgeous glass sculptures by Toots Zynsky at Museo Correr. Toots ... more
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Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista 2454 Campo San Polo, Campiello San Giovanni, Venice, 30123 | ![]() |
And it ain't just art: the monastery buildings of the Frari now contain the State Archives, a monument to the Venetian reluctance ever to throw anything away. In 300 rooms, about 15 million volumes and files are conserve... more
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Scala Contarini dal Bovolo San Marco 4299, Venice, 30124 | ![]() |
attractions – lost in the maze of streets and canals, one has to make an extra effort to locate what is really just a glorified staircase. Certainly one of the most unassuming Venice attractions, the Scala Contarin... more
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Museo Storico Navale Arsenale, 2148, (Ex Granai della Repubblica), Venice, 30122 | ![]() |
The Museo Storico Navale of Venice is the most important of its kind in Italy. It is situated in an ancient barn dating to XVI century, close to the Arsenale; is it extremely vast and divided into four floors, reconstruc... more
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Villa Pisani - La Malcontenta 11 Strada statale Romea, Padova-Venezia (direzione Fusina), Malcontenta, 30030 | ![]() |
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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Chiesa e Campanile di San Giorgio Maggiore Isola di San Giorgio, Venice, 30100 | ![]() |
The interior ceiling is a longitudinal barrel vault leading to a crossing, framed by grouped columns and arches, which support a dome lit with a lantern. Cross vaults above side aisles and a transept with apsidal chapels... more
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Basilica di S. Maria della Salute Campo della Salute, Venice, 30124 | ![]() |
This church was started in 1630 for the city recovery from plague and is called Salute because of that, since Salute means health, salvation. It took its architect, Baldassare Longhena, all his life to build it and it wa... more
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Chiesa di S. Giorgio Maggiore Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, 30133 | ![]() |
This church sits on the little island of San Giorgio Maggiore. It is one of the masterpieces of Andrea Palladio, the great Renaissance architect from nearby Vicenza. Most known for his country villas built for Venice's w... more
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SS. Giovanni e Paolo 6363 Campo San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 30122 | ![]() |
Construction of this church started at the end of the 14th century by the Dominican friars. It was completed at the beginning of the 15th century. The remains of 25 chief magistrates are buried here. The sepulchral monum... more
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Festa del Redentore 4192 Riva degli Schiavoni, (Canale della Giudecca), Venice | ![]() |
('votive bridge') is opened and there is a special religious ceremony at the Redentore Church. Around this time you'll see boats and barges laden with festival-goers making their way along the canals to take their places... more
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