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Sala dello Swdo KEY DATES
The walls of this room, once
part of the doge's private Early 800s 1106 1340..1424 1419 1600
apartments, are covered with
A square fortress Another fire A Gothic palace is The Sala del The covered walk-
maps of the world. In the center
of the room are two giant is built on the s~e. destroys the bui~ to house the Maggior Consiglio W<Jf nicknamed
Sala del 18th-century globes (right). but is destroyed replacement Great Council. is inaugurated. the Bridge of
Collegio by a fire in 976. building. Sighs is built.
Sala del Senato

Anticollegio
~ Sala dello Scudo
Sala del Consiglio
Sala delle Quattro dei Dieci
Porte

Sala della Bussola ~ Torture Chamber
Interrogations took place
here. Suspects were hung by
their wrists from a cord in
the center of the room.

A Drunkenness
of Noah
This early-15th-
century sculpture,
symbolic of the
frailly of man, is
set on the corner
of the palace.

Ponte della Paglia
Built of lstrian stone, this
bridge has a pretly
balustrade of columns
and sculpted pinecones.

PALACE DECORATION
~ loggia Large and allegorical historical paintings
Each arch of the ground- by great artists of the day, such as Paolo
level portico supports two Veronese and Tintoretto, adorn the palace's
arches of the loggia, which walls and ceilings. They were designed to
commands fine views of impress and overawe the doge's vistors.
Venice's lagoon.