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a Torre summit. With the exception of coins, armour and a host of
dell’Orologio 16th-century renova tions, the doge-related exhibits. The
tower survived until July 1902, second floor contains a picture
Piazza San Marco. Map 7 B2. Tel 848 when, with little warning, it collection second only to that
082 000 (booking). g San Marco. & collapsed. The only casualties of the Accademia.
8 10 & 11am Mon–Wed, 2 & 3pm were the Loggetta at the foot of The paintings, hung chrono-
Thu–Sun (must be prebooked); meet the tower and the custodian’s logically, trace the evolution of
at Correr Museum ticket office 5 mins
before tour time. Closed 1 Jan, cat. Donations flooded in, and Venetian painting, and show the
25 Dec. ∑ visitmuve.it in 1903 the foundation influence of Ferrarese, Paduan
stone was laid for a and Flemish artists.
This richly decorated new campanile The gallery’s most famous
clock tower on the “dov’era e com’era” works are by Carpaccio: Portrait
north side of the (“where it was and of a Young Man in a Red Hat
piazza was built as it was”). The (c.1490) and Two Venetian Ladies
in the late 15th new tower (c.1507). The latter is traditionally,
century. Mauro opened on 25 but probably incorrectly, known
Coducci is thought April (the Feast of as The Courtesans because of
to have worked on St Mark), 1912. Due the ladies’ low-cut dresses. The
the design. With its to small structural Museo del Risorgimento on the
display of the phases of The clock face of the shifts, the foundations same floor looks at the history
the moon and zodiac Torre dell’Orologio have been reinforced. of Venice until unification with
signs, the clock face Italy in 1866.
was design ed with sea farers in
mind. According to legend, once d Museo Correr
the clock was completed, the Procuratie Nuove. Entrance in Ala
two inventors had their eyes Napoleonica. Map 7 B2. Tel 041 240 52
gouged out to prevent them 11. 4 San Marco. Open Apr–Oct:
from ever creating a replica. 10am–7pm; Nov–Mar: 10am–5pm
On the upper level, the (last adm: 1hr before closing).
winged lion of St Mark stands Closed 1 Jan, 25 Dec. & (includes
against a star-spangled blue adm to Libreria Sansoviniana and
backdrop. At the very top the Museo Archeologico). = - ^
two huge bronze figures, ∑ visitmuve.it
known as the Mori, or Moors,
strike the bell on the hour. Teodoro Correr bequeathed
his extensive collection of works
of art to Venice in 1830, thus
s Campanile forming the core of the city’s
fine civic museum.
Piazza San Marco. Map 7 B2. Tel 041 Its first rooms form a suitably The ceiling of Santo Stefano, built in the
270 83 11. 4 San Marco. Open Nov– Neo-Classical backdrop for early form of a ship’s keel
Easter: 9:30am–3:45pm daily; Easter– statues by Antonio Canova
Jun & Oct: 9am–7pm daily; Jul–Sep: (1757–1822). The rest of the f Santo Stefano
8:30am–9:30pm daily. & 9
∑ basilicasanmarco.it floor covers the history of the Campo Santo Stefano. Map 6 F2.
Venetian Republic, with maps, Tel 041 275 04 62. 4 Accademia
From the top of St Mark’s or Sant’Angelo. Open 10:30am–
campanile, high above the 4:30pm Mon–Sat (4pm Mon). Closed
piazza, visitors can enjoy views 1 Jan, Easter Sun, 15 Aug, 25 Dec. &
of the city, the lagoon and, = ^ ∑ chorusvenezia.org
visibility permitting, the peaks
of the Alps. It was from here Deconsecrated six times on
that Galileo demonstrated his account of the blood spilled
telescope to Doge Leonardo within its walls, Santo Stefano –
Donà in 1609. To do so he one of Venice’s most beautiful
would have climbed the internal churches – is now remarkably
ramp. Access today is via a lift. serene. Built in the 14th century,
The first tower, completed and altered in the 15th, it has a
in 1173, was built as a light- carved portal by Bartolomeo
house to assist navigators in the Bon, and a campanile with a
lagoon. It took on a less bene- typical Venetian tilt. The interior
vo lent role in the Middle Ages, has a splendid ship’s keel
when offenders were impris- ceiling with carved tie-beams,
oned – and in some cases left to Young Man in a Red Hat (c.1490) by and the sacristy is crammed
die – in a cage hung near its Carpaccio in the Museo Correr with valuable paintings.

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