What to See in Venice

Saint Mark's Basilica is on the Piazza San Marco and is one of the highlights of a visit to Venice. As with most churches in Italy, you must be dressed appropriately to be allowed in; this means no short skirts or bare shoulders. You are not allowed to carry large bags or rucksacks inside, sometimes even small daypacks may need to be deposited.…

Venice's most significant art museum which is also one of Italy's best. Among the most important paintings in the Accademia are: ** Gentile Bellini: Procession on St. Mark’s Square (1496) ** Gentile Bellini: Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of S.…

While racial and ethnic neighborhoods had existed prior to the Venetian Ghetto, Venice's ghetto was the first "ghetto" (coming from a Venetian word for the Iron Foundry that was on the site previously) and "ghetto" eventually came to mean any neighborhood that was made up of a single ethnic/racial group.…

Interesting collection of globes, starting from the 16th century. There is also an only library hall, an archeological museum of Roman antiques and an important picture gallery. The museum offers a tour of Venetian history. Remarkable painting gallery with masterpieces of the 14th to 16th cent from Venice, works of the Venetian sculpture Canova, studies on urban development and social life.…

Cemetery established following Napoleon Bonaparte's edict of 1804, part of the European circuit of monumental cemeteries. The Russian ballet dancer Serge Diaghilew, the Austrian physicist Christan Doppler, the American poet Ezra Pound, the Russion composer Igor Stravinsky and the German-Italian coomposer Ermanno Wolf-F…

Having been closed for restoration for many years, the restored astronomical clock is now visible. The fascinating tour of the clock mechanism (and rooftop bell) can only be visited on a guided tour, in English: Mon, Tue, Wed at 10 and 11 am, on other days at 2 and 3 pm., in French Mon, Tue and Wed at 2 and 3 pm, advan…

The last church built in Venice. It is located across from the Grand Canal in front of Santa Lucia Train station. One of the things that it is recognized for is the fact that they celebrate Tridentine Mass on Sundays.…

The Peggy Guggenheim Museum offers a personal collection of modern art collected by Peggy Guggenheim. Peggy was an American married to modern artist Max Ernst, and funded a number of his contemporaries.…

A fine, huge Dominican church with the tombs of many Doges. It shares its piazza with the fine Renaissance façade of the Scuola San Marco and an equestrian statue of the mercenary (condottiere) captain Bartolomeo Colleoni. Look out for the testicles (coglioni in Italian - it's a lousy pun) on his coat of arms!

A masterpiece of Tintoretto, this guild house is an exquisite example of Mannerist art at its best. In order to allow a comfortable admiration of the detailed ceiling, mirrors are offered to the visitors. Cycles of allegories, life and passion of Christ, scenes from the Old and New Testament.

centre dedicated to telecommunication technology. The building complex includes an adjacent church with important works of art, the Refectory (which is a conference hall today), Renaissance cloisters and a small museum focusing on the evolutuion of the telephone in the last 100 years

This church is possibly the oldest church in Venice built around 421. It is most recognized for its 15th century clock above the entrance of the church. It is also recognized for the red pillars and beautiful gold accents around the church itself.

Museum of the 18th Century in Venice - attempts to revive the domestic atmosphere of Venetian nobilities.Furniture, interior decoration, paintings by Guardi, Canaletto, Tiepolo. On the third floor important paintings of the Venetian school

A cylindrical tower withn a spiraling series of arches, among the most characteristic examples of Venetian architecture at the period of transition from Gothic to Renaissance styles. From the top there are great panoramic views of the city

A collection of paintings and statues in a former palace from the 15th century. One of the best examples of Gothic architecture in Venice, sculptures, bronzes, paintings of Mantegna, Giorgione and Titian, Flemish and Dutch paintings.

Don't miss the guided tour named Secret Itinerary, which will let you discover the part of the palace where the city's administration worked, as well as Casanova's jail and the wonderful five hundred year old roof structure.

A church that used to house an orphanage and hospital in the 18th century, currently known among classical music enthusiasts as the church where the Catholic priest and composer Antonio Vivaldi worked for most of his career.

Beautiful palace housing the gallery of modern art focusing on Italian art in the 19th Century as well as the Marco Polo Museum, a rich collection mainly of Asian exhibits (fabrics, clothes, armours, porcelain).

Visit this historic theater with an audioguide (good explanations in several languages). The theater is an identical reconstruction (rebuilt in 2003) of the previous theater building that burned down in 1996.

Residence-museum of the Querini-Stampa family, library, picture gallery, furniture and household objects from the 16th cent onwards, important paintings by Bellini, Palma, Ricci, Tiepolo and Longhi

A jewel of Renaissance architecture that has been opened as a Venetia civic museum recently, collections of paintings, archaeological collection of Greek and Roman artefacts, temporary exhibitions

collection of relics from the Serenissima Republic of Venice, the Italian navy, and the ancient Arsenale shipyards, miniature models, uniforms and stadarts, collection of sea shells

More than 200 instruments for educational and practical use, built to facilitate scientific research, conducted by physics teachers sinde the 19th cent, guided tours led by students

The big friary church, fine example of Venetian Gothic architecture, with fine monuments and paintings of Titian, Belliniand Donatello, among which the famous 'Assunta' by Titian.

Former customs house, centre for contemporary art, permanent exhibition of works from the François Pinault Collection. Renovation by world renowned architect Tadao Ando.

A collection of clothes dating from the 18th century. splendid interior., collection of dresses and accessories, fabrics, books, figurines in various period costumes

The current tower dates from 1912; an exact replica of the previous tower which collapsed in 1902. The top of the tower offers great views of Venice and the lagoon.

one fo the largest archives in the world, in an old Franciscan monastery. Manuscripts, rexts and documents related to the history of the Venetian Serenissima

Residence of Vittorio Cini, collection of 15th and 16th cent paintings from Tuscany and Ferrara, period furniture, silver, ivory and ceramic objects

A new annex at the Biennale gardens where the Biennale keeps records related to the Biennale exhibitions and to 20th cent art, from 1895 onwards

Over thousand tombstones dating from 1550 to early 18the cent. Guided tours on Sat from May to Oct (Italian and English), booking required

Religiouis furniture and objects from now abolished churches and convents, one of the most appealing Romanesque cloisters of Venice

Multi-functional centre located in an old Benedictine dormitory, the heart of the Foundation's library complex

monumental staircase by Codussi, splendid San Giovanni Salon, Oratory of the Cross with precious reliquiaries

Tomb, composer (1567-1643) and champion of the early Baroque seconda pratica and then-new genre of opera.

Condottiere (1400–1475), equestrian statue made by Andrea del Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci's teacher.

Objects related to the social life of the Jewish community, in two synagogues of the 16th century.

Famous painting cycle by Vittore Carpaccio depicting the lives of St.George, Tryphon and Jerome

collection of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures, Egyptian, Assyrian and Babylonian artefacts

A perfect jewel box church, simple in form but ornamented with fine exterior marble facings.

Birthplace of Venice's most famous playwright., museum, library and theater studies center

Small oratory facing the old monastery dei Crociferi, painting circle by Palma the Younger

Early Venetian oil painter and the most famous of the Bellini brothers (1430-1516), tomb.

painting cycles dedicated to the Madonna del Carmine, canvases by Tiepolo and Padoviano

On Murano, the island so typical of its glasswork. Closed on 25 December, 1 January.

Old Franciscan convent in one of the most beautiful islands in the Venice lagoon

Venetian explorer of North America who worked for the British (c. 1450-c. 1500).

beautiful church, collection of musical instruments, Venetian Baroque paintings

Library, collection of works, miniatures and ducoments of the Armenian history

Campo San Samuele. Temporary exhibitions from François Pinault's Collection.

11 exhibition halls with sections on palaeontology, explorations and nature

optical-mechanical structure, realistic reproduction of the celestial globe

Venetian painter and official portraitist of the Doges (1439-1507), tomb.

collection of Greek, Cretan and Venetian icons of the 14th to 18th cent

Venice cathedral up to 1807, when the see was transferred to San Marco

Composer of operas; Italian nationalist and national hero (1813-1901).

Buildings by Sansovino, most important collection of books in Venice

Painter from Verona whose career was in Venice (1528-1588), tomb.

Modern Art Collection, paitings of the 19th and 20th cent.

with the grave and 10 paintings of Tintoretto