Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
B3
D4
(see 16)
Shopping
B2
C3
C5
Museo Correr
MUSEUM
( 041 4273 0892;
http://correr.visitmuve.it/
;
Piazza San Marco 52; adult/reduced incl Palazzo Ducale
€16/8; 10am-7pm Apr-Oct, to 5pm Nov-Mar; San Marco)
Napoleon filled his royal digs over
Piazza San Marco with the riches of the doges, and took some of Venice's finest heir-
looms to France as trophies. But the biggest treasure couldn't be lifted: Jacopo Sanso-
vino's 16th-century
Libreria Nazionale Marciana
, covered with larger-than-life philosophers
by Veronese, Titian and Tintoretto.
Venice successfully reclaimed many ancient maps, statues, cameos and weapons, plus
four centuries of artistic masterpieces in the
Pinacoteca
. Not to be missed are Paolo
Veneziano's 14th-century sad-eyed saints (room 25); Lo Schiavone's Madonna with a
bouncing baby Jesus (room 31); Jacopo di Barbari's minutely detailed woodblock per-
spective view of Venice (room 32); an entire room of bright-eyed, peach-cheeked Bellini
saints (room 36); and a wonderful anonymous 1784 portrait of champion rower Maria Bo-
scola, five-time regatta winner (room 47).
Torre dell'Orologio
LANDMARK
(Clock Tower; 041 4273 0892;
www.museiciviciveneziani.it
;
Piazza San Marco; adult/reduced with
Museum Pass €12/7; tours in English 10am & 11am Mon-Wed, 2pm & 3pm Thu-Sun, in Italian noon &
4pm daily, in French 2pm & 3pm Mon-Wed, 10am & 11am Thu-Sun; San Marco)
Venice's gold-
leafed timepiece, designed by Zuan Paolo Rainieri and his son Zuan Carlo in 1493-99,
had one hitch: the clockworks required constant upkeep by a live-in clockwatcher until
1998. After a nine-year renovation, the clock's works are in independent working order
