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Cannaregio
Crumbling, piquant Cannaregio is the most trendy area of the City, where you can begin to feel what everyday life is like, more than anywhere in Venice. Cannaregio was Tintoretto’s home base, he is buried in the beautiful Venetian Gothic Madonna dell’Orto, which also contains several of his jumbo masterpieces
Madonna dell'Orto
A church that most of Venice tourist never see. Tintoretto’s Church has a noble brick façade and a graceful interior but are the Tintoretto paintings to draw most visitors out to this northern reach of the city.
Ca' D'Oro
The Ca' d'Oro is perhaps the most famous Venetian palazzo of all, after the Doges' Palace.
The name is due to the gilt and polychrome external decorations which once adorned its walls. Built between 1428 and 1430 for the Contarini Family, who provided Venice with eight Doges, is now open to the public as a gallery.
Currently the Palazzo is housing the Galleria Franchetti. In its collection are Mantegna’s stern St Sebastian, Guardi’s series of Venetian views. An excellent collection of Renaissance bronzes by Pisanello and Il Riccio and fragments of the famous frescoes by Giorgione and Titian from Fondaco dei Tedeschi.
Rialto Bridge
It is oldest bridge across the canal and probably the most famous in the city.When most people think of the Grand Canal, they immediately envision the Rialto Bridge. Built to link the two sides of the Canal at the oldest site of commercial activity in Venice, there has been some kind of bridge there since the thirteenth century. The present bridge project was begun in 1576, after several earlier wooden bridges had collapsed or burned down.The present stone bridge, a single span designed by Antonio da Ponte, was finally completed in 1591. It is remarkably similar to the wooden bridge it succeeded. Two inclined ramps lead up to a central portico. On either side of the portico the covered ramps carry rows of shops. The engineering of the bridge was considered so audacious that architect Vincenzo Scamozzi predicted future ruin. The bridge has defied its critics to become one of the architectural icons of Venice.
Grand Canal
The Grand Canal “Canal Grande” is the most important waterway in Venice, crisscrossed with vaporetti and gondolas. It is spanned by bridges and lined with palaces, public buildings, and churches
It's shaped like a backwards letter S, and is approximately two miles long.
The Grand Canal is indeed the most beautiful water street of the world: a street which is a variety of colors, lights, waters and is the true hearth of Venice itself.
The Ghetto
The Ghetto was created by Venetian Republic in 1516, both to protect and isolate the Jewish resident, to placate the Roman Catholic church. Guided tours are available at the Museo Communità Ebraica in the Ghetto Nuovo and last 40 minutes to show the large collection of religious objects and silverware.
Crumbling, piquant Cannaregio is the most trendy area of the City, where you can begin to feel what everyday life is like, more than anywhere in Venice. Cannaregio was Tintoretto’s home base, he is buried in the beautiful Venetian Gothic Madonna dell’Orto, which also contains several of his jumbo masterpieces
Madonna dell'Orto
A church that most of Venice tourist never see. Tintoretto’s Church has a noble brick façade and a graceful interior but are the Tintoretto paintings to draw most visitors out to this northern reach of the city.
Ca' D'Oro
The Ca' d'Oro is perhaps the most famous Venetian palazzo of all, after the Doges' Palace.
The name is due to the gilt and polychrome external decorations which once adorned its walls. Built between 1428 and 1430 for the Contarini Family, who provided Venice with eight Doges, is now open to the public as a gallery.
Currently the Palazzo is housing the Galleria Franchetti. In its collection are Mantegna’s stern St Sebastian, Guardi’s series of Venetian views. An excellent collection of Renaissance bronzes by Pisanello and Il Riccio and fragments of the famous frescoes by Giorgione and Titian from Fondaco dei Tedeschi.
Rialto Bridge
It is oldest bridge across the canal and probably the most famous in the city.When most people think of the Grand Canal, they immediately envision the Rialto Bridge. Built to link the two sides of the Canal at the oldest site of commercial activity in Venice, there has been some kind of bridge there since the thirteenth century. The present bridge project was begun in 1576, after several earlier wooden bridges had collapsed or burned down.The present stone bridge, a single span designed by Antonio da Ponte, was finally completed in 1591. It is remarkably similar to the wooden bridge it succeeded. Two inclined ramps lead up to a central portico. On either side of the portico the covered ramps carry rows of shops. The engineering of the bridge was considered so audacious that architect Vincenzo Scamozzi predicted future ruin. The bridge has defied its critics to become one of the architectural icons of Venice.
Grand Canal
The Grand Canal “Canal Grande” is the most important waterway in Venice, crisscrossed with vaporetti and gondolas. It is spanned by bridges and lined with palaces, public buildings, and churches
It's shaped like a backwards letter S, and is approximately two miles long.
The Grand Canal is indeed the most beautiful water street of the world: a street which is a variety of colors, lights, waters and is the true hearth of Venice itself.
The Ghetto
The Ghetto was created by Venetian Republic in 1516, both to protect and isolate the Jewish resident, to placate the Roman Catholic church. Guided tours are available at the Museo Communità Ebraica in the Ghetto Nuovo and last 40 minutes to show the large collection of religious objects and silverware.
