Venice

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One of the highlights of my visit to Italy in 2016 was the visit to Venice. Unfortunately, it was raining off and on. Nevertheless I spent many hours walking around Venice, exploring the whole city. Here are some of the pictures of Venice.

Venice and its Lagoon is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

All pictures are © Dr. Günther Eichhorn, unless otherwise noted.

Streets and Canals

Typical narrow alley. (901k)

Street in Venice. Many houses have flower pots on their balconies. (1007k)

Courtyard. (1161k)

House with external stairs. (933k)

You can see these clothes lines everywhere. (898k)

Marble well head. (961k)

Drinking water fountain. (853k)

View of a small courtyard through the gate. (1018k)

House. (910k)

Palazzo Labia. (881k)

Canal next to the Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace). (942k)

Canal. (850k)

Canal with gondola. (993k)

Canal. (956k)

Canal with bridge. The bridge just serves the entrance door of the house. (907k)

Canal with gondolas. (981k)

Canal with clothes lines. (915k)

Canal with bridge. (868k)

Some of the bridges were busy with tourists. (986k)

Many houses along the canals need plaster work. (1071k)

Fishing just a few hundred meters from the Piazza San Marco. (909k)

Gondola maker and repair shop. (923k)

Hauling goods is hard work with all the bridges to cross. (1039k)

In a few places, mostly the main tourist spots, they installed ramps. (785k)

Huge cruise ships in the harbor of Venice. (823k)

Churches

Church of San Giorgio Maggiore (from 16^th century). (676k)

Church of Santa Maria del Carmelo (from 14^th century). (907k)

Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo (from 15^th century), one of the largest churches in Venice. All the funeral services of the Doges were held in this church. (675k)

Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute (from 17^th century). (797k)

The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of San Giorgio dei Greci (from 16^th century). The campanile (bell tower) is really leaning, but has been so since construction. (933k)

Church of San Simeone Piccolo (from 18^th century). (820k)

Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli di Cristo (Church of the Holy Apostles of Christ, from 7^th century), one of the oldest churches in Venice. (919k)

Church of San Giacomo di Rialto. According to tradition, San Giacomo is the oldest church in the city, supposedly consecrated in the year 421. (580k)

The large 15^th-century clock above the entrance of San Giacomo, a useful item in the Venetian business district, but regarded as a standing joke for its inaccuracy. (837k)

A small shrine. (961k)

Church of San Francesco della Vigna (from 13^th century). (846k)

Church of San Francesco della Vigna. (849k)

Inside the Church of San Francesco della Vigna. (888k)

Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli (from 15^th century). (852k)

Inside the Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli. (979k)

Church of San Geremia (from 11^th century). (880k)

Inside the Church of San Geremia. (837k)

Church of the Madonna dell'Orto (from 14^th century). (960k)

Inside the Church of the Madonna dell'Orto. (931k)

Inside the Church of the Madonna dell'Orto. (757k)

Canale Grande (Grand Canal)

Grand Canal near the railroad station. (840k)

Grand Canal. (1103k)

Grand Canal with the Church of San Geremia. (752k)

Grand Canal. (741k)

Buildings along the Grand Canal. (973k)

End of the Grand Canal with the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute at the end. (863k)

End of the Grand Canal with the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute. (749k)

Punta della Dogana (at the end of the Grand Canal). (607k)

Traffic on the Grand Canal. (871k)

Ponte dell'Accademia (one of the four bridges that span the Grand Canal). (724k)

Ponte degli Scalzi (one of the four bridges that span the Grand Canal). (946k)

Rialto, the oldest, most impressive bridge to span the Grand Canal (from 16^th century). (841k)

Palace on the Grand Canal. (952k)

Palace on the Grand Canal. (909k)

Palace on the Grand Canal. (957k)

Palace on the Grand Canal. (822k)

Palace on the Grand Canal. (959k)

Palace on the Grand Canal. (776k)

Palace on the Grand Canal. (881k)

Palace on the Grand Canal. (829k)

Piazza San Marco

Southern end of the Grand Canal with the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute on the left and the Piazza San Marco on the right. (769k)

Piazza San Marco with the Biblioteca Marciana on the left, the Campanile (bell tower) of the Basilica di San Marco in the center and the Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace) on the right. (718k)

Piazza San Marco with the Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace). (708k)

Piazza San Marco with the Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace). (922k)

Piazza San Marco with the Campanile (bell tower) of the Basilica di San Marco on the right and the Basilica di San Marco in the background. (587k)

Piazza San Marco with the Biblioteca Marciana on the left. (852k)

View of the Piazza San Marco with the Campanile in the center, the Palazzo Ducale on the right and the Biblioteca Marciana on the left. (674k)

Piazza San Marco. (832k)

Piazza San Marco. (845k)

Torre dell'Orologio (Clock Tower) on the Piazza San Marco. (909k)

Clock face on the Torre dell'Orologio (Clock Tower). (945k)

Clock on the Torre dell'Orologio (Clock Tower), showing the time, the hour on the left in Roman numerals and the minutes (at 5 minute intervals) on the right in Arabic numerals. (1075k)