In a city where there seems to be a mask shop on every corner, it may be surprising to learn that the ancient Venetian craft of mask making was only revived about forty years ago.
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History
Carnival Activity
Handmade mask
Artisan experiences in Venice
St. Mark's Square
Carnival Mask
Venice Carnival
Formerly called Amuranium, the island lies North-East of Venice, facing the Fondamente Nuove and can be easily reached by vaporetto (the public boat-transport service. It was, along with other islands in the lagoon, a safe haven for the people of Veneto region, fleeing from the barbarian invasions.
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Murano
History
Traditions
Murano glassblowing
Museum of glass
Murano glass
Murano vase
Hall of Honor
murrine
glass-making masters
Island of Venice
pearl of venice
art
Murano island tour
The museum is probably the most important in Italy regarding american and european art of the first half of the XX century. It hosts works by Picasso, de Chirico, Mondrian, Kandinsky, Miró, Klee, Ernst, Magritte, Dalí e Pollock and by many others in the areas of Dadaism, Cubism, Futurism and Surrealism.
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Peggy Guggenheim
peggy guggenheim collection
venice
art
gondola tour
There is no doubt that the intensity of warfare in the Veneto district overall, and it echoes in Ernest Hemingway’s novella Across the River and Into the Trees, published in 1950. Although not the greatest of Hemingway’s writings, there is nevertheless undeniable poignancy in its account of the survival of a beautiful city after war.
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History
venice
Hemingway
Harry's Bar
Murano
Murano glass
Burano
lace-making art
Torcello
Self Guided Tours
The Clock Tower, or as it is usually called Moors Tower, is one of Venice landmarks.
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St. Mark's Square
St. Mark
History
Clock Tower
astronomical clock
Moors' Bell
St. Mark's area tours
Palazzo Grassi, located in campo San Samuele and facing the Grand Canal, was the last palace built before the end of the Venetian Republic, in 1772.
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History
Palazzo Grassi
venice
Self Guided Tours
Punta della Dogana separates the Grand Canal from the Giudecca Canal. For its strategic location it was the house of the Custom and of the Salt Warehouses.
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History
Punta della Dogana
venice
Arsenale di Venezia
Palazzo Grassi
grand canal
giudecca canal
full venice self-guided tour
The old and the new clashed frequently, and were never to be reconciled in the twentieth century. Nor was Venice able to escape the vilification and ambivalence that appeared in the interpretations in the early century . But the old Serenissima was not yet dead: indeed there was renewed fascination with the eighteenth century.
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History
venice
Belle Epoque
simmel
monet
Gondola
art
Self Guided Tours
Are you looking to avoid crowds and the usual touristy walks?
Do you want to hear Venice’s primitive pulse, by exploring a true gem of Venetian art and one of the city’s historic professions?
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Gondola
squero san trovaso
venice
History
church of san sebastiano
Self Guided Tours
Burano is no doubt the most colorful island in the Lagoon of Venice, the facades of its houses are painted pink, blue, green, yellow, indigo. The inhabitants decided to paint their houses to give fishermen a way to see their homes when they returned from fishing and fog enveloped the island. A very popular landmark, painted in a plethora of bright colors, is “Bepi’s house“.
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Burano
Island
Island of Venice
Colors
Traditions
venice lagoon
lace-making
art
bussolà
Venice islands tours
