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Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace)<br> Sightseeing in Italy picture - The Ducal Palace was the residence of the Doge up to the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797 and was a public palace and seat of the administration of justice. It is the highest and richest symbol of Venetian civilization, of its cultural, military, political, and economic history. All historic periods are represented in an extraordinary stratification of structural and decorative elements: from the antique foundations of the original Gothic complex, to the great halls dedicated to political life and decorated by the canvases of Veronese, Tintoretto and the great masters of the Renaissance, to the precious rooms of the Doge's apartment, from the dark prisons and places of torture to the luminous loggias on the Piazza and the Lagoon.
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The Ducal Palace was the residence of the Doge up to the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797 and was a public palace and seat of the administration of justice. It is the highest and richest symbol of Venetian civilization, of its cultural, military, political, and economic history. All historic periods are represented in an extraordinary stratification of structural and decorative elements: from the antique foundations of the original Gothic complex, to the great halls dedicated to political life and decorated by the canvases of Veronese, Tintoretto and the great masters of the Renaissance, to the precious rooms of the Doge's apartment, from the dark prisons and places of torture to the luminous loggias on the Piazza and the Lagoon.
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