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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Piazzetta. Map 7 C2.
Tel 041 427 308 92.
∑ palazzoducale.visitmuve.it
Open 8:30am–7pm daily (Nov–
Mar: to 5:30pm). Last adm: 1 hr
before closing. Secret Itineraries
(in English, 9:55am, 10:45am &
11:35am daily), Doge’s Hidden
Treasures (in English, 11:45am):
book in advance at the palace,
on the website, or on the phone.
Closed 1 Jan, 25 Dec. & ^ 9
Torture Chamber = - 7 partial.
“The court of the room of the Bridge of Sighs
Cord” recalls the practice of The famous bridge was cros sed Transport
4 San Marco.
interrogating suspects as they by offenders on their way to the
hung by their wrists. State interrogators.
Drunkenness of Noah
This early 15th-century
sculpture, symbolic of the
frailty of man, is set on the
corner of the palace.

Main
entrance

. Giants’ Staircase
This late 15th-century
staircase by Antonio Rizzo
was used for ceremonial
purposes. It was on the Sala del Maggior Consiglio
landing at the top that the An entire wall of the Great Council Hall is
doges were crowned with taken up by Domenico and Jacopo
the glittering zogia. Tintoretto’s Paradise (1588–92).

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