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. Collegiate Rooms
Bacchus and Ariadne Crowned
by Venus is the finest of four
mythological scenes by
Tintoretto in the Anticollegio.

Third floor

The Sala del Consiglio
dei Dieci has a ceiling
decorated with paintings
by Veronese (1553–4).

Sala dello Scudo
The walls of this room
are covered with maps of
the world. In the centre
are two huge 18th-
century globes.

First floor
Second floor

. Sala del Maggior Consiglio
The first 76 doges, with the exception of the traitor Marin Falier,
are portrayed on a frieze around the upper walls of the room.

Special Tours
Two fascinating guided tours take
visitors behind the scenes to rooms
that regular visitors don’t get to
see (see Visitors’ Checklist p89). The
Secret Itineraries tour explores the
offices and Hall of the Chancellery,
the State Inquisitors’ room, the
Torture Chamber and the prisons. It
was from these cells that Casanova
made his spectacular escape in
. Prisons 1755. The Doge’s Hidden Treasures
Entrance These 16th-century cells were tour exhibits the beautifully
mainly used for petty offenders. restored private apartment of
Serious criminals were lodged Venice’s ruler, including his chapel. Casanova’s cell door
in the dank pozzi (wells).

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