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2. Venice - Wikipedia

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   Venice (/ ˈ v ɛ n ɪ s / VEN-iss; Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ⓘ; Venetian: Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.It is built on a group of 126 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 472 bridges. [3]

3. Bridge of Sighs - Wikipedia

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   The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was bestowed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri", [2] [3] from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.

4. Rialto Bridge - Wikipedia

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   The Rialto Bridge (Italian: Ponte di Rialto; Venetian: Ponte de Rialto) is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy.Connecting the sestieri (districts) of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as a pontoon bridge in 1173, and is now a significant tourist attraction in the city.

5. Venetian Renaissance - Wikipedia

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   Compared to the Renaissance architecture of other Italian cities, in Venice there was a degree of conservatism, especially in retaining the overall form of buildings, which in the city were usually replacements on a confined site, and in windows, where arched or round tops, sometimes with a classicized version of the tracery of Venetian Gothic architecture, remained far more heavily used than ...

6. Royal Palace of Venice - Wikipedia

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   The St Mark's Square with the Royal Palace of Venice behind the Campanile The Royal Palace of Venice on the right The Royal Palace of Venice on the left Map of the St Mark's Square, the Royal Palace is located in buildings d (Marciana Library), f (Procuratie Nuove), and g (Procuratie Nuovissime) A view from above of the St Mark's Square with the Royal Palace on the left View of the Procuratie ...

7. Why Venice Is Charging Visitors an Access Fee - AOL

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   Tourists line a street in Venice, Italy, on March 16, 2024. Credit - Nathan Laine—Bloomberg/Getty Images. V enice, the historic Italian city known for its canals, would like to draw a balance ...