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Dorsoduro

The sestiere of Dorsoduro was a favorite of American and English expatriates from the days of the Grand Tour. The one who made the most lasting impression was American heiress and art collector Peggy Guggenheim, who settled in a palace on the Grand Canal and got around in her private gondola. Her small but choice collection of modern art is now one of the most pleasant museums to visit in town. The engaging Gallerie dell'Accademia nearby contain many masterpieces of Western painting of the 14th through 19th centuries; and the Museo del Settecento Veneziano, housed in baroque Ca' Rezzonico, opens a dramatic window on the lifestyle of 18th-century Venice.