Magnificent mansions decorated with gothic arches and carved stone balconies facing toward the Grand Canal this is all that can be sum up for landmarks in Venice to roam and understand Italian beauty. As to know more about Venice have a brief of some major landmarks of Venice.
• Accademia: It is a museum gallery of pre-19th century art in Venice. It is located on the south bank of the Grand Canal The name Accademia has also been given to three bridges across the canal, the Ponte dell’ Accademia and the boat landing station for the vaporette water bus. It was initially was started as an art school.
• Arsenal: The Venetian Arsenal, the place was used as a shipyard for many state owned shipyards and armories and a naval depot for munitions and storage facilities as they were clustered together in Venice. It was considered as the largest industrial complex in Europe before Industrial Revolution and expanded around in 45 ha or fifteen percent of Venice. By the means of its ship building activity the Arsenal produced Venice’s maritime trading vessels that a time used to generate much of city’s economic wealth and power that lasted till the fall of republic to Napoleon in 1797.
Arsenal
• Bridge of Sighs: This enclosed bridge made of white limestone has widows with stone bars. It passes over the Rio di Palazzo and was used for carrying prisoners to the interrogation rooms in the Doge’s Palace. The bridge was designed by Antoni Contino and was constructed in 1602. The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment that is the reason the Bridge is named for so by Lord Byron in the 19th century. According to local legend lovers gets everlasting love and bliss if they kiss on a gondola at sunset under the bridge.
Bridge of Sighs
• Ca’ d’Oro: It is considered as one of the most beautiful squares on the Grand Canal in Venice. It was constructed between 1428 and 1430 for the Contarini family that provided Venice with eight Doges in between from 1043 to 1676. It was developed by Giovanni Bon and his son Bartolomeo Bon. The entire structure is made in Venetian floral gothic style. After the downfall of Venetian Republic in 1797 the palazzo changed its ownership several times. In 1922 the palazzo was throne to the State by its last owner and saviour Baron Giorgio Franchetti who had acquired it in 1894. Presently it is open to the public as a gallery.
• Ca’ Pesaro: It is a baroque marble palace with its front towards the Grand Canal of Venice. It was designed by Baldassarre Longhena in mid-17th century and its construction was completed by Gian Antonio Gaspari in 1710. In it heavy use of columns in contrasts with Longhena’s more elegant Ca’ Rezzonico Palace is employed and used. Today it is Venice museum of Modern Art and contains paintings and works by Klimt, Bonnard, Chagall, Kandinsky, Klee, Rouault, Matisse, Moore, Morandi, De Chirico, Boccioni and others. However its upper floor is devoted to the Museo d’ Arte Orientale and contains nearly 30,000 artifacts from Japan, Indonesia and Japan.
ca pesaro
• Ca’ Rezzonico: It is a palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice and presently is used as museum devoted to 18th century Venice. It is situated on the right bank of the canal.
• Ca’ Vendramin Calergi: It is a palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice and was also popular with other names too like Palazzo Vendramin Calergi, Palazzo Loredan Vendramin Calergi, and Palazzo Loredan Griman Calergi Vendramin. It is known as the residence of many promising personalities through out the history. Presently it is home to Venice Casino (Casinò di Venezia) and the Wagner Museum (Museo Wagner).
• Canal Grande: The Grand Canal is a canal in Venice. It works as a major water traffic corridor in the city. In it Public transport is provided by water buses and private water taxis and many tourist love sale through it in gondola. The one end the canal leads into the lagoon near Santa Lucia railway station and the other end connect it into Saint Mark Basin. It is a 3,800 m long, 30-90 m wide, with an average depth of five meters (16.5ft).
canal grande
• Doge’s Palace: It is a gothic style palace in Venice that was residence of the Doge of Venice. Its two fronts look at the Venetian Lagoon and St Mark’s Square or rather the Piazzetta. Its present palace was constructed during the period from 1309 to 1324 and was designed by Filippo Calenadario. Now building is preserved as a museum with paintings from Tintoretto and Paolo Veronese that states grandeur of Tintoretto and Paolo Veronese and others.
• Rialto Bridge: The Rialto Bridge is one of the four bridges across the Grand Canal in Venice and is the oldest bridge across the canal. The first dry crossing of the Grand Canal was a pontoon bridge built in 1181 by Nicolò Barattieri.
rial to bridge venice
Some other important Landmarks of Venice are San Giorgio Maggiore, St. Mark, Santa Maria della Salute, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Santi Giovanni e Paolo.