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| Jim | profile | all galleries >> Italy March 2011 >> Venice | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map |
 Night walk, after arrival in Venice |
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 Next Morning (6AM) with a little fog |
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 Off to Ducal Palace and St. Mark's Basilica |
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 Campanile |
 Ducal Palace with St. Mark's in background |
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 Rosanna Giannotti, guide |
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 Bridge of Sighs, with a lot of Toyoto ads |
 Courtyard of Ducal Palace |
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 Grand Staircase |
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 Guilded ceilings in the "Regular" staircase |
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 Part of the prison (across the Bridge of Sighs) |
 Looking down the Grand Staircase |
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 The Tetrachs |
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 Bell Tower with "Strikers" - Lion logo below |
 Front detail of St. Mark's with horses and mosaic "Christ in Glory" |
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 San Zaccaria |
 San Zaccaria |
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 Details on the facade of San Zaccaria |
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 Tower started to lean before completion. Architect offset the cupola to "balance" |
 Church honoring Marco Polo |
 Door bell pulls with tounges sticking out |
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 Equestrian monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni in the Campo di Santi Giovanni e Paolo |
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 Detail of monument base |
 2nd Detail of monument base |
 Scuola Grande di San Marco |
 San Zanipolo on right in Campo di Santi Giovanni e Paolo |
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 If I don't hold on tight, I might fall out |
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 Traffic light on the canal |
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 Another interesting doorbell pull |
 Boat ride to Murano |
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 After a movie, a master with 51 years of glass blowing experience gives a demo |
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 The leaning tower from a different direction |
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 I couldn't resist! |
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 Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore |
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 Approaching the Rialto |
 Rialto Bridge |
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 Marina on edge of town, Murano and San Michele across the lagoon |
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 Tintoretto's House |
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 One of the "Moors" in the Campo del Mori |
 Figure of Sior Antonio Rioba whose nose was the subject of satire |
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 Murano figures in shop |
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 I love this one! |
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 Venice Opera House |
 The Bovolo Staircase |
 Another leaning tower |
 Ca' d'Oro Palace |
 Arrivederci |
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| Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro) | 28-Jul-2011 13:44 | |
| joseantonio | 11-Apr-2011 09:51 | |