The Villa Foscari is one of the better-known villas on the Brenta Canal and one of Palladio’s finest. It is the most admired and copied...

The Diocesan Museum can be found in the old Benedictine convent of S. Appolonia. The cloister has been well preserved and here you’ll find the...

The Naval Museum is located quite close to the Arsenale and here visitors can see the history of the Venetian and Italian Navy. There are...

The Museo Orientale in Venice is situated on the top floor of the Modern Art Museum. It is one of the premium collections of Japanese...

The beautiful Palazzo Mocenigo was once the 18th Century home of the Mocenigo family. They were one of the most influential families of the Serenissima,...

The beautiful Scuola Grande di San Rocco (Confraternity of St. Roch) is predominately a Renaissance structure. Dedicated to Rocco, who cured plague victims during the...

The Scuola dei Carmini has two facades, which are attributed to Longhena, therefore it’s likely that it was erected sometime in the 17th Century. It...

The Galleria Franchetti - Ca’ d’Oro is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture and underwent many restorations up to the latter part in the 1980s. It...

The Basilica dei Frari in Venice is the Gothic styled Franciscan church which was built during the 13th Century. The collection here in the museum...

The Basilica di S. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari was erected in the 13th Century and was extended several times until the 16th Century. The Basilica...

The square outside the Madonna dell’Orto is formed by bricks in a fish bone design. The church is 14th Century and was originally known as...

The Scuola Grande di S. Giovanni Evangelista was erected at the end of the 14th Century. As a building it is an instant eye catcher...

The Museum of 18th Century Venice (Museo del ’700 Veneziano - Ca’ Rezzonico) is located in the last building planned by Baldassare Longhena. Inside it...

The Oratorio dei Crociferi was built sometime in the 12th Century. It was once a part of a complex that included a church, a monastery,...

Peggy Guggenheim was a wealthy American who began collected contemporary artwork after befriending modern artists such as Alexander Calder and Marcel Duchamp. The museum is...

The imposing 3-storeyed Palazzo was built for the Grassi family who lived there until the beginning of the 20th Century. The architecture is attributed to...

In 1956 the Fortuny Museum was donated to the city of Venice by Henriette, Mariano Fortuny’s widow. Fortuny was a friend and colleague of D’Annunzio,...

Until the Accademia Bridge was built in 1854, the Ponte di Rialto was the only way to cross the Grand Canal. The present bridge, designed...

The Chiesa di S. Stefano (Church of St Stephen) was built in the 13th Century by hermits. The church has seen a number of restorations...

The imposing entrance – the Ingresso di Terra – is a Renaissance styled triumphal arch. The incredible marble lions that guard the gates came from...