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Venice at a Glance

Venice is small and most of the sights
can be comfortably visited on foot.
The heart of the city is the Piazza San
Marco, which is overlooked by the great
Basilica and the Doge’s Palace. For many,
these are attractions enough, but there are
delights worth exploring beyond the Piazza,
such as the galleries of the Accademia,
Ca’ Rezzonico and the imposing Frari church. Ghetto
Unique to Venice are the naval Arsenale to Established in the early 16th century,
the east and the Ghetto in the north. this fascinating quarter was the
world’s first ghetto (see p149).

CANNAREGIO
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(See pp140–49)
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Grande
Santa Maria
Gloriosa dei Frari Canal
This soaring Gothic
edifice, founded by SAN POLO AND
the Franciscans in SANTA CROCE
1340, is a rich (See pp100–11)
repository of Grande CASTELLO
Venetian painting (See pp112–25)
and sculpture
(see pp106–7). Canal SAN
MARCO
(See pp76–99)

DORSODURO
(See pp126–39)

Accademia
Carpaccio’s St Ursula
cycle (1490–95) is one of
Ca’ Rezzonico the treasures of the
The splendid rooms of this palace, Accademia, which has a
overlooking the Grand Canal, are comprehensive
decorated with 18th-century collection of Venetian
furniture and paintings (see p130). art (see pp134–7).

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