Venice - Byzantine architecture
Ca' d'Oro | Ca' d'Oro (correctly Palazzo Santa Sofia) is a palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, northern Italy. One of the older palazzi, it has always been known as Ca' d'Oro (golden house) due to the gilt and polychrome external decorations which once adorned its walls. The Palazzo was built between 1421 and... | ||
St Mark's Square in Venice | St Marks Square (Piazza San Marco) is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as "the Piazza". All other urban spaces in the city (except the Piazzetta and the Piazzale Roma) are called "campi" (fields). The Piazzetta (the 'little Piazza') is an extension of th... | ||
St Mark's Basilica | The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark (officially known in Italian as the Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco and commonly known as Saint Mark's Basilica) is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, northern Italy. Dominating over the St Mark's Square, t... | ||
Doge's Palace in Venice | The Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice, northern Italy. It's easily recognisable for its facades having open arcades in the two lower stories, but also for being covered with white and rose-colored marble and... | ||
Grand Canal in Venice | The Grand Canal (Canal Grande) is a canal in Venice, Italy, which forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. At one end the canal leads into the lagoon near Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into Saint Mark Basin: in between it makes a large S-shape through the ce... |
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Name | Venice |
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Region | Veneto (20) |
Country | Italy (IT) |
Population | 270,660 inhabitants |
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21.08.2013 - 22.08.2013
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21.08.2013 - 22.08.2013
And wrote:
We are going to visit Venice. Any tip for our travel? Thanxxx