The Venezia Province holds an artistic and cultural heritage like few other areas in the world, its lagoon has been the cradle of local civilization and its coastline offers renowned seaside resorts. This province, rich in resources, hides elegant villas and pretty villages, even if the most precious and brilliant stone is represented by the island of Venezia, an island which has a beautiful fish shape which protect the most beautiful, romantic and mysterious city in the world.
It’s built on a series of marshy islets. Unfortunately it is subject to the tides of the Adriatic Sea and frequent floods but continues to survive in spite of all the predictions. Plan your holidays in Venezia, our tips and suggestive photographs will help you to take the right path for your trip.
The Gesuiti Church or more simply Church of Santa Maria Assunta is considered excessive, sumptuous and sumptuous. Rebuilt in the 18th century in the Jesuit camp, not far from the New Foundations, it is often confused with that of the Gesuati in the Dorsoduro district, better known as the Church of Santa Maria del Rosario.
In this chapter we discuss one of the most characteristic and evocative areas of the city, do not miss the Venezia Ghetto. The Council of Ten, in 1516, decreed that all the Jews of Venice be confined to an islet of Cannaregio. All Jews who came from all over Europe during the period of the …
The Venezia Biennale is among the oldest, most important and prestigious international exhibitions of contemporary art in the world, so much so that in recent years it has hosted artists such as Klimt, Picasso, Mirò and Hirst. This institution, known as the Art Biennale, organizes many other multidisciplinary exhibitions, born over the years, and arranged …
Bright and harmonious is the Pietà Church or Church of Santa Maria della Visitazione, which was rebuilt in the fifteenth century on a project by Giorgio Massari. This extraordinary building is located on the Schiavoni bank, not far from the Bridge of Sighs, in the Castello district. The idea of the Governors of the Pietà …
The San Francesco della Vigna Church, one of the most impressive and important churches in Venezia, is located in the homonymous field in the Castello district. When the first Franciscan monastery was built in the 13th century, instead of a small and modest church dedicated to San Marco, this area was full of vineyards, the …
The Bridge of Sighs was built in Baroque Istrian stone in 1600, and is located in the Rio di Palazzo, in the Castello district. It is one of the symbols of the city, elegant and suggestive, it is visited and admired by thousands of visitors every day, so much so that it has become one …
The Campo Santa Maria Formosa is vast, irregular and full of beautiful buildings, one of the liveliest on the island of Venice. It hides among the streets and alleys of the Castello district, not far from San Marco Square, which has influenced the political and religious life of this square over time. Its charm derives …
The ancient Venezia Arsenal is a large and complex shipyard and various workshops, located in the Castello district and which includes a very large area of the city of Venezia. Its position easily guaranteed the supply of timber, which organized in rafts descended the rivers of the region, up to the lagoon. The need for …
The San Zaccaria Church was probably founded in the 7th century by St. Magno and is one of the few dedicated to an Old Testament prophet. The first building was intended to house the remains of the father of San Giovanni Battista, Zaccaria, donated by the Byzantine emperor Leo V l’Armeno to the city of …
The Santi Giovanni and Paolo Basilica, located on the homonymous campo, is one of the wonders of the city dedicated to Santi Giovanni and Paolo. It was begun in 1246 on the banks of the lagoon, on a strip of land that the doge Jacopo Tiepolo had given to the Dominicans, and consecrated in 1430, …