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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/veneto/venice/arsenal
trading companies were just two of the factors that made the Venetian navy great. To guarantee itself supremacy of the sea, Venice had to be able to count on a third factor, just as important: the ability to build its own ships. At first, Venetian ships...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/veneto/venice/st-mark-s-square/st-mark-s-campanile
City Council gathered out of urgency and decided that the bell tower should be reconstructed 'how it was and where it was'. Venice could not give up on one of its dearest symbols. Historical records of its reconstruction express the profound attachment...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/veneto/venice/st-mark-s-square
got on board and sailed out to the Adriatic, to the Lido port. Here the Doge threw a ring, symbolizing union between Venice and water, into the sea and pronounced the solemn formula: "We wed you oh sea, in the sign of true, eternal dominion".
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/veneto/venice/st-mark-s-square/doge-s-palace/hall-of-the-compass
was administered and where the city's terrible prisons were to be found. It wasn’t that difficult to end up in jail in Venice. At times, a single anonymous accusation was enough to be arrested, slipped into the "Mouth for secret accusations", still...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/?view=article&id=1176:guided-city-tours-of-italy&catid=9
the San Marco treasure or the Michelangelo's David. The culture and beauty of the most beautiful italian cities like Rome, Venice and Florence become yours. Top sellers tours in: Rome and Vatican City Enjoy skip-the-line priority entrance to the...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/veneto/venice/st-mark-s-square/doge-s-palace/chamber-of-torment
The torture chamber of Doge's Palace conneted directly to the famous Piombi.
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/veneto/venice/st-mark-s-square/doge-s-palace/golden-staircase
The Doge's apartment only occupies one of the Palace's three floors and to get to it you climb the beautiful Golden Staircase, begun halfway through the 16th century by Sansovino. The stairway owes its name to the spectacular golden stucco decorated...
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The last degree of justice was exercised by the most feared tribunal: The Council of the Ten. This Commission had exceptional powers and met in absolute secrecy in what is known as the Hall of the Council of the Ten. Here, during a trial, no-one could...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/veneto/venice/bridge-of-sighs
The name is an invention of Romantic literature; legend says that from this bridge one could hear the sighs of the condemned as they were being led to prison. The Bridge of Sighs, that houses two overlapping corridors, was built at the beginning of the...
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• https://www.italyguides.it/en/veneto/venice/ca-rezzonico-museum
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