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YOUR GUIDE TO THE 10 BEST OF EVERYTHING EYEWITNESS TRAVEL TOP 10 PIAZZETTA SAN MARCO L E D E L L E R A S S E C A L L E D E G L I CU RATIE VECCHIE CU RATIE NUOVE Ponte dei Sospiri (Bridge of Sighs) PONTE DELLA PAGLIA PONTE DEL VIN i Gia rdinetti o del Palazzo R i o d . ine tti Vallaresso- San Marco Hotel Danieli Colonne di S. Marco e di S Teodoro Campanile Torre dell' Orologio Piazza S an Marco Basilica San Marco Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace) 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VENICE Must-see palazzos & villas Best restaurants in each area Most beautiful churches Great walks & itineraries Best hotels for every budget Ways to explore hidden Venice Most fun places for children Best shops & markets Great day trips from Venice Insider tips for every visitor [...]... plain, Venice s influence took in Treviso, Vicenza and Verona, extending all the way to Bergamo on the outskirts of Milan and the mighty Visconti dynasty Venice s Top 10 Top 10 Events in the Venetian Republic Marine Supremacy The Republic’s gaining of maritime power is celebrated in The Victorious Return of Doge Andrea Contarini after Triumph in Chioggia by Paolo Veronese (1525–88) 15 Venice s Top 10 Piazza... of Siena, Santi Giovanni e Paolo (see p102) St Mark, Patron Saint of Venice Medieval Venice, centred around Basilica San Marco For more Venice churches See pp38–9 11 Venice s Top 10 Doge’s Palace A magnificent combination of Byzantine, Gothic and Renaissance architecture, the Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace) was the official residence of the 120 doges who ruled Venice from 697 to 1797 A fortress-like... in 1931 by Arrigo Cipriani, it was named after the American who funded the enterprise Stonework damaged by waves Share your travel recommendations on traveldk.com 21 Venice s Top 10 Left Traghetto on the Grand Canal Centre Vaporetto stop Right Motonave on the lagoon Watercraft of Venice ! Gondola seen Most commonly transporting tourists, a larger version is also used for the cross-canal ferry (see p135),... the Tronchetto to the Lido For more on getting around Venice See p135 Top 10 Gondola Features Gondola mooring post Venice s Top 10 1 Forcola (rowlock) 2 Ferro (prow bracket) 3 Hippocampus (side ornament) 4 Night lamp 5 Bronze stern decoration 6 Ribbed oar 7 Felze (cabin) 8 Gondolier’s foot rest 9 Gondolier’s striped shirt 0 Gondolier’s straw hat Venice s Gondolas The quintessential sleek Venetian gondola... history of Venice right back to the 9th century, including the Golden Book register of the Venetian aristocracy Scholars enter the building via the Oratorio di San Nicolò della Lattuga (1332), named after the miraculous recovery of a Procurator of San Marco thanks to the healing qualities of a lettuce (lattuga) 27 Top 10 Sights Venice s Top 10 Rialto Market 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 The commercial hub of Venice. .. house (below), the premises still retain their 1720 wood-panelling, marble-topped tables and gilt-framed mirrors (see p75) Venice s Top 10 Museo Correr Reali ) Giardinetti public These shady gardens, created during the Napoleonic era, took the place of boatyards and grain stores, situated just behind the panoramic waterfront Venice s Bells ^ Columns of San Marco and San Teodoro These two granite columns... bells in the Campanile have marked Venice s rhythms for centuries The Maleficio bell announced an execution, the Nona rang at midday, the Trottiera spurred on the nobles’ horses for assemblies in the Doge’s Palace and the Mezza Terza marked a session of the Senate The Marangona still tolls at midnight Sign up for DK’s email newsletter on traveldk.com 17 Venice s Top 10 Left Libreria Sansoviniana staircase... Archeological Museum Top 10 Historic Events in Piazza San Marco Venice s Top 10 1 Foundations of Doge’s Palace laid (AD 814) 2 Construction of basilica started (828) 3 First bullfight held (1162) 4 Square paved with brick, herringbone-style (1267) 5 Square paved with volcanic trachyte blocks (1722–35) 6 Napoleon demolishes San Geminiano church to make way for Ala Napoleonica (1 810) 7 Campanile crumbles... column in 109 4 (marked by a small cross, left of the Altar of the Sacrament) in answer to a prayer St Mark now rests in peace beneath the basilica’s main altar The ubiquitous winged lion representing St Mark could be found throughout the republic as the trademark of Venetian dominion: it is often shown with two paws in the sea and two on land, to symbolize the geography of Venice Venice’s Top 10 1 Milk... domes, possibly modelled on the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, dates from 107 1 The main architect is depicted over the central portal, biting his fingers in frustration over a building defect The basilica became the city cathedral in 1807 For more on Venice s San Marco district See pp72–9 9 Venice s Top 10 Left Museum horses Centre left Wall-slabs Centre right Altar columns Right Byzantine . dell' Orologio Piazza S an Marco Basilica San Marco Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace) 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VENICE Must-see palazzos & villas Best restaurants in each area Most beautiful. (see p102) Venice s Top 10 For more Venice churches See pp38–9 Stealing St Mark’s body Medieval Venice, centred around Basilica San Marco Doge’s Palace façade Venice s Top 10 For more Venice. Margherita 32–33 Peggy Guggenheim Collection 34–35 Top Ten of Everything 36–69 VENICE S TOP 10 Venice s Top 10 6 Venice Highlights Basilica San Marco Venice s fairytale cathedral is pure Byzantine