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Sala dello Scudo VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
The walls of this room, once part of
the doge’s private apartments, are Practical Information
covered with maps of the world. Piazzetta. Map 7 C2. Tel 041 271
In the centre of the room are 59 11. Open 8:30am–7pm daily
two giant 18th-century globes. (Nov–Mar: to 5:30pm, last adm:
1 hr before closing). Closed 1 Jan,
25 Dec. & 9 7 partial.
8 Secret tours (in English:
9:55am, 10:45am & 11:35am daily).
Book in advance at the Palace or
on the phone. = - ^
∑ visitmuve.it
Transport
4 San Marco.

Torture Chamber
Interrogations took place in the Torture
Chamber. Suspects were hung by their
wrists from a cord in the centre of the room.
Drunkenness of Noah
This early 15th-century
sculpture, symbolic of the
frailty of man, is set on the
corner of the palace.

KEY
1 Exit
2 The Arco Foscari has
copies of Antonio Rizzo’s
15th-century Adam and Eve.
3 Courtyard
4 Sala del Collegio
5 Sala del Senato
6 Anticollegio
7 Sala delle Quattro Porte
Entrance
8 The Bridge of Sighs
9 Sala della Bussola
The Loggia
Each arch of the 0 Sala del Consiglio dei Dieci
ground-level portico q The Ponte della Paglia,
supports two arches built of Istrian stone, has a
of the loggia, which pretty balustrade of columns
commands fine views and sculpted pine cones.
of the lagoon.

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