10/10/2020
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You are now on the Ponte della Paglia, the Bridge of Hay, where boats would drop off stacks of hay for the horses’ stables inside the Palazzo Ducale on the ground floor.
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History
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Piazza San Marco
Bridge of sighs
doge's palace
Prisons' palace
venice lagoon
Clock Tower
mercerie
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09/10/2020
venice contents
The Doge’s Palace, the centre of Venetian power, residence of the Doge and home to the judiciary, this is where the governance of the city took place.
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venice
History
Traditions
Piazza San Marco
doge's palace
Palazzo Ducale
columns of the lion and Saint Theodore
columns of St. Mark's Square
venetian republic
st. mark's basin
Self Guided Tours
08/10/2020
venice contents
You are now entering Piazza San Marco. This is the true heart of Venice, which Napoleon called “the most elegant drawing-room in Europe”.
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venice
History
Traditions
Piazza San Marco
Cafè Florian
St. Mark's Bell Tower
Campanile di San Marco
loggetta base
Basilica of San Marco
Byzantine golden mosaics
Pala d'Oro
Self Guided Tours
Venice has only one square or piazza: St.Mark’s Square, a 170 meter-long trapezoid which differs from all other squares that are called "campi" (fields).
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St. Mark's Square
History
venice
Clock Tower
columns of St. Mark's Square
golden basilica
Byzantine Venice
St. Mark's area tours
It is no surprise that Venice is one of the most famous tourist destinations in the world, having around 20 million visitors each year, you'll find it hard to discover a more sought after place. The real challenge of visiting…
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Artisan experiences in Venice
Handmade mask
classic concerts
gondola tours
Venice islands tours
St. Mark's area tours
local experiences in venice
St. Mark's Square
St. Mark's Bell Tower
Gondola
vivaldi
Murano
Burano
Torcello
Top 5 things to do in Venice
The building of St.Mark’s Bell Tower (once used as a lighthouse) begun in XI century under the Doge Pietro Tribuno but the current look was reached only between 1511 and 1514.
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St. Mark's Square
History
Traditions
St. Mark's Bell Tower
Venice Carnival
Curiosities
City of Venice
Venice Bell Tower
St. Mark's area tours
St. Mark's Square (San Marco, in Italian) is one of the most important, beautiful and fascinating places in Italy, famous worldwide for its beauty, its magic and its architectural integrity.
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St. Mark's Square
Saint Mark Bell Tower
Clock Tower
Ducal Palace
colums of the lion and Saint Theodore
saint mark basilica
venice
History
Venice Carnival
St. Mark's area tours
The new prisons were fundamental to the maintenance of order in Venice and were the first buildings in Europe built specifically for realization of judicial and custodial functions.
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St. Mark's Square
Bridge of sighs
Rialto bridge
Lords of the Night
prisoners
History
Curiosities
Venice Carnival
new prisons
secret itinerary of the prisons
The "lords" of the new prisons in Venice were the guards, the Lords by night at the Criminal and the most important, Council of 10.
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St. Mark's Square
Lords of the Prisoners
prisoners
Lords of the Night
Council of ten
Doge
History
Curiosities
Prisons' palace
districts of Venice
secret itinerary of the prisons
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
The three forms of punishment practised against prisoners to corret their wrongful conduct in Venice: pleadings, tortures and galleys.
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St. Mark's Square
Prisons' palace
Lords of the Night
prisoners
convicts
galleys
History
Curiosities
secret itinerary of the prisons
Considering that the island of Venice isn’t one of the biggest places in the world you’d be surprised with how many "gems" could be hidden here.
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venice
city of water
Piazza San Marco
italian wine tasting
local food
venice islands
Murano
Burano
Torcello
full venice self-guided tour
Once the basin of San Marco was the sea port of Venice and those who came by ship could admire the impressive unique architecture of Palazzo Ducale, seat of the Venetian power, and two marble and granite columns topped by the statues of the two patron saints of Venice: the winged Lion, symbol of St. Mark the Evangelist, and “Todaro“, the Byzantine St. Theodore of Amasea, who was the first protector of the city.
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City of Venice
History
St. Mark
St. Mark's Square
columns of the lion and Saint Theodore
columns of St. Mark's Square
Clock Tower
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