Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Top Tips
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Ask at the front counter about Assembly Hall Gregorian chant concerts - fitting
soundracks to Tintoretto's haunting paintings.
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Grab a mirror to avoid neck strain as you see saints make heroic rescues in Tintor-
etto's ceiling panels.
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Through a side door upstairs lies the newly opened Tesoro (Treasury), containing a
coral candelabra and 13th-century Iranian lustreware.
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A portrait of Tintoretto with his paintbrushes is captured in Francesco Pianta's re-
cently restored 17th-century carved-wood sculpture. Look upstairs, third from the right
beneath Tintoretto's New Testament masterpieces.
Take a Break
Celebrate Venice's survival against the odds with dark chocolate plague-doctor masks
at VizioVirtù (
Click here
) or
prosecco
and
panini
at Caffè dei Frari (
Click here
)
.
