Sights & Attractions in Venice

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Arsenale
The Venetian Republic never could have thrived without the Arsenale...
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Military Sites, Historic Districts / Sites Castello and Cannaregio
 
Basilica di San Marco
An opulent synthesis of Byzantine and Romanesque styles, Venice's...
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Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites, Architectural Sites Piazza San Marco
 
Burano
Cheerfully painted houses line the canals of this quiet village...
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Islands Islands of the Lagoon
 
Ca' d'Oro
This exquisite Venetian Gothic palace was once literally a "Golden...
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Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces Castello and Cannaregio
 
Ca' Rezzonico
Designed by Baldassare Longhena in the 17th century, this palace...
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Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces Dorsoduro
 
Gallerie dell'Accademia
Napoléon founded these galleries in 1807 on the site of...
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Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces Dorsoduro
 
Giudecca
The island's name is something of a mystery. It may come from...
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Islands San Giorgio Maggiore and the Giudecca
 
The Grand Canal
Venice's Grand Canal is one of the world's great thoroughfares...
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Bodies of Water Piazza San Marco
 
Jewish Ghetto
The neighborhood that gave the world the word ghetto is today...
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Neighborhoods / Streets Castello and Cannaregio
 
Murano
As in Venice, bridges here link a number of small islands, which...
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Towns, Islands Islands of the Lagoon
 
Palazzo Ducale
Rising above the Piazzetta San Marco, this Gothic-Renaissance...
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Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces Piazza San Marco
 
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
A small but choice selection of 20th-century painting and sculpture...
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Museums / Galleries Dorsoduro
 
Ponte di Rialto
The competition to design a stone bridge across the Grand Canal...
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Bridges / Tunnels San Polo and Santa Croce
 
San Giorgio Maggiore
There's been a church on this island since the 8th century, with...
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Religious Sites San Giorgio Maggiore and the Giudecca
 
Santa Maria dei Miracoli
Tiny yet perfectly proportioned, this early-Renaissance gem is...
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Religious Sites Castello and Cannaregio
 
Santa Maria della Salute
The view of La Salute (as this church is commonly called) from...
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Religious Sites Dorsoduro
 
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
This immense Gothic church of russet-color brick, completed in...
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Religious Sites San Polo and Santa Croce
 
Santi Giovanni e Paolo
This massive Dominican church, commonly called San Zanipolo...
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Religious Sites, Memorials / Monuments Castello and Cannaregio
 
Scuola Grande di San Rocco
St. Rocco's popularity stemmed from his miraculous recovery from...
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Museums / Galleries San Polo and Santa Croce
 
Torcello
In their flight from barbarians 1,500 years ago, the first Venetians...
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Islands Islands of the Lagoon
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