Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Procuratie Nuove
. Today the Museo Correr occupies the upper storeys of the Procuratie Nuove
and
Ala Napoleonica
, the palace Napoleon brazenly razed San Geminiano church to build.
Follow
Calle Larga XXII Marzo
towards baroque
Chiesa di Santa Maria del Giglio
(
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),
covered in peculiar maps charting Venetian vassal states c 1678-81. Further west, 15th-century
Santo Ste-
fano bell tower
leans 2m from its intended perpendicular stance, as though it's had one
spritz
too many. Nearby,
Bartolomeo Bon's marble Gothic portals grace brick
Chiesa di Santo Stefano
(
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).
Follow Calle Caotorta to
Teatro La Fenice
(
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), veering left onto
C dei Assassini
. Corpses
were so frequently found here that in 1128, Venice banned the full beards assassins wore as disguises. Snogging
in
campi
is such an established Venetian pastime it's surprising dogi didn't find a way to tax it - but duck into
Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo
(
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) courtyard for privacy.
Along Calle del Carbon, wander into city hall weekdays at
Palazzo Loredan
. Outside, a plaque honours
philosopher Eleonora Lucrezia Corner Piscopia, the first woman to earn a Padua University PhD, in 1678. Along
the quay is 14th-century Gothic
Palazzo Dandolo
, home of blind doge and erstwhile Crusader Enrico Dan-
dolo, who sacked Constantinople in 1203. Next door is Sansovino-designed
Palazzo Dolfin-Manin
(1547),
where the last doge, Ludovico Manin, died in seclusion in 1802. End your grand tour at
I Rusteghi
(
Click
here
).
