Venice
Itinerary“L’acqua è coro, è corale. E’ la stessa acqua che ha portato i crociati, i mercanti, le reliquie di San Marco,
i turchi, galee, galeoni, galeotte, galeazze, navi da carico, da guerra, da diporto; e soprattutto,
ha riflesso l’immagine di chiunque abbia vissuto o anche solo soggiornato in questa città…”.
(Josif Brodskij-Fondamenta degli Incurabili, 1989)
In a journey through ancient ports and zones marked by wild nature, plowing sod that marked the passage of ancient people, you get to that wonderful city, Venice.
The most famous of Venice's Piazza San Marco, the 'only place in the center defined precisely as the square while all other smaller markets in the town center lies the definition of fields or squares. At the center of the square we find the Basilica of San Marco, colored gold and covered with mosaics that tell the history of the city. Above the main door, you will find the four bronze horses of Constantinople, transported here after the crusade of 1204.
Next to the Basilica, is the Palazzo Ducale, to join the two buildings the Door of the Charter, now out of the museum of the Ducal Palace, which houses the works of the best Venetian artists, while the library Sansoviniana, which is always inside houses numerous temporary exhibitions. Always to see the Hall of the Great Council, the Bridge of Sighs, the prisons.
In front of the Palazzo Ducale, is the bell tower of San Marco, built in 1173 as a beacon for sailors and restored by Bartolomeo Bon in the fifteenth century. After the collapse of 14 July 1902 was entirely built.
Among the most important Venetian monuments we include, the Arsenal, the Santa Maria della Salute, the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari and synagogues of the Ghetto.
Venice is also famous for its historic cafés. Imported from the Ottoman Empire to the 'beginning of the seventeenth century, numerous cafes spread throughout the city since 1683 and in 1720 it opened the Cafe Florian, still active today.
In Venice is also home to the Peggy Guggenheim, where there are great works of artists such as Ernst, Modigliani, Picasso, Miro, Pollock and Kandinsky.
We should also mention the important tourist destinations of the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello, famous for its glass and laces while the Lido, it is a popular beach resort is home to the famous Venice Film Festival.
Water buses, ferries and the famous gondolas are the means of transport throughout the unusual city where it is easy to get lost in the maze of streets and squares, in the midst of the popular flavor of bacari, to drink a glass of wine and a cicheto or to stop to savor the culinary delights of a city where for centuries the land, sea and lagoon coexist.
Among the events of which Venice is promoting, in addition to the Film Festival, remember the great international exhibitions, the Venice Carnival, the Feast of the Redeemer, the Biennale of Visual Arts and Architecture and the Historical Regatta.
