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A few days in Venice - March 2006

by Mike Lynd

Welcome to Venice!
The Salute at 3 0'clock, St Mark's Square at 5 0'clock and San...

The Bacino with sky

St Mark's Square & the Doge's Palace

The Salute and the Dogana

Sunlight on the Salute

On the Canale Cannaregio

On the Grand Canal

Fish Market on the Grand Canal

On the Grand Canal

Where else but Venice?

The Salute

"Many a time and oft!"

Bridge & buildings by the Salute

Contemplation?

Canal, bridge, etc. - typical

Reflection 1

Reflection 2

Reflection 3

Evening sunshine

The obligatory gondola ride!

Gondola - gondolier

The Grand Canal with gondolas
and a small arc of the Rialto

Gondola against the light

Gondola detail

Gondola stern 1

Gondola stern 2

Parked gondolas (gondolae?)

Gondola and water

Gondola scene

Gondolas on the Grand Canal

Gondola prow

Prows at night

Colourful shopping 1
Venetian Carnival masks

Colourful shopping 2
Venetian carnival masks

Colourful shopping 3
Gaudy jesters' hats

Colourful shopping 4
Gloves

Colourful shopping 5
A shoe and handbag shop. Note the Euro prices!

Colourful shopping 6
Scarves

Colourful shopping 7
Murano glass and sunlight

Colourful shopping 8
Murano glass. "No photos pleese" Whoops!

The Piazzetta dei Leoncini & the Bacino

The Lion of St Mark............+ seagull

St Theodore & his dragon

The façade of the Doge's Palace

St Mark's Basilica & souvenir stall

The West front of St Mark's Basilica

Another part of the West front

Wall detail from the North front 1
Byzantine carving

Wall detail from the North front 2
Byzantine mosaic knotwork with roundels

Wall detail from the North front
Imaginative rainwater spigot

In St Mark's Square
Bird flu? What bird flu?

Inside Caffè Florian, St Mark's Square

Inside Harry's Bar
Hey, the Bellinis are only 14 Euros each!

St Mark's Square from the Campanile

Isola di San Giorgio from the Campanile

St Mark's Basilica from above

Dome and roofs

View from the Campanile

Pace

Window 1

Window 2

Inside the Bridge of Sighs
So-called because it leads directly from the Doge's Palace (where someone...

A last glimpse of freedom
View from a window in the Bridge of Sighs

Dusk on Dorsoduro, with vapour stacks

S. Giorgio Maggiore from its Campanile

The Salute at Sunset

Gondolas at sunset

Wrought iron by night

Inside the Salute

Golden relics inside the Frari

Scuola Grande di San Rocco
More Veroneses than you can shake a stick at! Unbelievably sumptuous!

Golden mosaic work in St Mark's Basilica

More sumptuousness - Bellini this time

14th Century work

Another magnificent ceiling

The church of San Michele
on Isola di San Michele, with lighthouse.

tidemark

Arcobaleno

Gargoyle?

The "most photographed grocery stall in the World" according...

Wine shop

Inside the Fish Market

Feeding sparrows

'Vitruvian Duck'!
Spotted at an exhibition of models of Leonardo's inventions at San Stae.

article published 03/14/2006

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Wonderful pictures, makes me want to return to Venice
— Patricia, January 30, 2007

Dear Mike, THANKS, THANKS for sharing all these terrific photos with us!! I once spent one month in Venice and unfortunately, didn't take any photos, so am delighted to have and enjoy these! It is a special place, and you have really captured its every mood & detail!!
— Eleanor Robb, June 24, 2006

These are the best pictures I've ever seen of Venice. I wish I captured some like these!!
— Katharine, June 20, 2006

You have really captured Venice with these photos. My favourites were Gondoler against the light and Reflection 2. The latter made me want to get out the paints and I am not a bit creative!!!
— Anita, March 28, 2006

So many great shots. I wish you had spent a few more days!
— Clay Sneller, March 15, 2006

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