Venice Things To Do

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Museo Correr

This museum of Venetian art and history contains an important sculpture collection by Antonio Canova and important paintings by Giovanni Bellini...

Ca' Rezzonico

Designed by Baldassare Longhena in the 17th century, this gigantic palace was completed nearly 100 years later by Giorgio Massari and became...

Gallerie dell'Accademia

The greatest collection of Venetian paintings in the world hangs in these galleries founded by Napoléon back in 1807 on the site of a religious...

Santa Maria della Salute

The most iconic landmark of the Grand Canal, La Salute (as this church is commonly called) is most unforgettably viewed from the Riva degli...

San Sebastiano

Paolo Veronese (1528–88), although still in his twenties, was already the official painter of the Republic when he began the oil panels and...

Ponte di Rialto

The competition to design a stone bridge across the Grand Canal attracted the best architects of the late 16th century, including Michelangelo...

Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari

Completed in 1442, this immense Gothic church of russet-color brick—known locally as I Frari —is famous worldwide for its array of spectacular...

Scuola Grande di San Rocco

This elegant example of Venetian Renaissance architecture, built between 1517 and 1560, was built for the essentially secular charitable...

Ca' d'Oro

One of the postcard sights of Venice, this exquisite Venetian Gothic palace was once literally a "Golden House," when its marble traceries and...

Jewish Ghetto

The neighborhood that gave the world the word ghetto is today a quiet neighborhood surrounding a large campo. It is home to Jewish institutions...
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