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Quatrefoil decoration
Typical Venetian design on a facade on the Grand Canal
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Santa Maria della Salute
This church is located at the end of the Grand Canal and is one of the...
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Grand Canal
View of the Canal with a vaporetto. The vaporettos act like city buses...
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Vaporetto
The vaporettos are big boats that sail all along the Grand Canal.
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Santa Maria della Salute
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Santa Maria della Salute at dusk
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Santa Maria della Salute at dusk
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Rialto Bridge
Another landmark of the city. It is located midway through the Grand...
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Rialto Bridge
Just like the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, there are shops on the Rialto Bridge.
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Rialto Bridge
With people enjoying the view
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Grand Canal
There are several such buildings lining the Grand Canal and they all are very...
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Grand Canal
Another palace along the Grand Canal. Must be housing some sort of...
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Grand Canal
View from the Ponte Academia, last bridge before the stop for San Marco Piazza.
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Bridge of Sighs
Linking the courtroom in the Doges' Palace with the prison. The bridge...
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Bridge of Sighs
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Doges' Palace
Corridor along the Doges' Palace with nice patterns on the ground...
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Grand Canal
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Bovolo staircase
Staircase tower of the Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo in the center of...
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Narrow street cycle
There are countless such waterways and small bridges like the one in the...
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Narrow street
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Narrow street
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Narrow street
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Narrow street
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Narrow street
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Narrow street
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Narrow street
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Narrow street
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Santa Maria della Salute
View of the rear. Swim in the waterway under the bridges and...
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Grand Canal
Nice building along the Grand Canal with nice quattrofoil decorative patterns
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Grand Canal
View from the Ponte Academia. Workers on the scaffolding might fancy a plunge...
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Ocre building
Seen from the Ponte Academia, the last bridge before Santa Maria della Salute...
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Piazza San Marco
There is only one piazza in Venice, and that's San Marco. All the other...
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Pigeons on Piazza San Marco
The main square in town, at the end of the Grand Canal.
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San Marco Basilica
Another landmark of Venice. It is located on the eastern side of the...
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The famous horses on San Marco
The Venetians brought those horses back from Constantinople in 1204 following...
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San Marco
Sculpture galore at the top of the San Marco facade.
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San Marco Basilica at dusk
The building is very different from the Romanesque and Gothic...
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The domes of San Marco
View from the top of the nearby Campanile. Because of the domes, Goethe,...
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The domes of San Marco
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The domes of San Marco
With a campanile in the background.
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Campanile
I think it was rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century when the previous...
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Top of the Campanile
There is a viewing platform at the top. About 6 euros will bring there...
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Porta della Carta, Doges' Palace
A very ornate facade over a doorway on the Doges' Palace.
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Porta della Carta
That lion with wings is everywhere.
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Porta della Carta (Doges' Palace)
Intricate carving with quatrefoil patterns. See how a piece of stone...
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Cafe tables along the Doges' Palace
The Doges' Palace is on the right, San Marco straight ahead and...
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Gondolas in the Grand Canal
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Grand Canal seen from the Rialto Bridge
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House on Grand Canal
Close to the Ponte Academia
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San Giorgio Maggiore
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San Giorgio Maggiore
Gondolas jockey with vaporettos
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Venice skyline
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Canale di San Marco
The Canale di San Marco is the prolongation of the Grand Canal, but no more...
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San Giorgio Maggiore
View from the top of the Campanile. Wonderful, isn't it? The...
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San Giorgio Maggiore
Seen from the ground this time.
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Venice skyline
View from the Campanile
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San Giorgio Maggiore
View from the Campanile.
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Speeding through the Grand Canal
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Grand Canal
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Gondolas parked on the Grand Canal
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Beautiful Palace on the Grand Canal
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Palaces mid-way through the Grand Canal
View from the Rialto Bridge.
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Grand Canal
View from the Rialto Bridge.
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Gondolas parked
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