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Rialto Bridge
The bustling Rialto Bridge
(see p104) was named after
the ancient commercial seat
of Venice, where the first
Ca’ d’Oro inhabitants settled.
This ornate palace is the
finest example of Venetian
Gothic style (see p148). Basilica San Marco
Magnificent mosaics
sheathe the domes, walls
and floor of the Byzantine
Basilica (see pp82–7).
CANNAREGIO
(See pp140–49)

Grande Arsenale
The great dockyard, first of its
Canal kind in Europe, was the naval
nerve centre of the Venetian
SAN POLO AND Empire (see p123).
SANTA CROCE
(See pp100–11)
Grande CASTELLO
(See pp112–25)
Canal SAN
MARCO
(See pp76–99)

DORSODURO
(See pp126–39)
Doge’s Palace
The colonnaded Gothic
palace was the seat of
government as well as
home to the doge and
his family (see pp88–93).

Santa Maria della Salute
Marking the southern end of the Grand
Canal, this great Baroque church is one
of the city’s landmarks (see p139).

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