Burano is one of the islands of Venice, famous for its colorful houses and its lace. Many international magazines have declared Burano among the top 10 most colorfulcities in the world. The colors of the houses, which today have become the main feature of the island,once served to delimit the properties….
When you think of Venice, your first thought goes to Piazza San Marco, the most famous square in the city and one of the most famous in the world. Cathedral of San Marco, with its superb facade that reflects the multiculturalism of the Venetian city: the…
The Doge’s Palace was built in 812 as the residence of the Doge and between 1173 and 1177 the approved expansion was completed to make the Palace suitable for the…
The most famous bookshop in Venice is the Acqua Alta bookshop where the history ofthe city is enclosed in this microcosm made up of books, strange furnishings, cats and obviously on certain days of the year even high water. To protect the many books from the water that gradually enters the shop, there are no shelves but rather gondolas, canoes,…
Venice is also the cityof bridges that connect one building to another overlooking thevarious canals of the city. Among the most famous bridges there is certainly the Rialto Bridge (Ponte di Rialto), one of the four bridges that crosses the Grand Canal (Canal Grande). Built in 1255 (a pontoon bridge was…