Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Longhena-completed Procuratie Nuove. The right-hand arcade flanking the piazza
is Mauro Codussi's 16th-century Procuratie Vecchie.
Chiesa di Santa Maria del Giglio
Take Calle Larga XXII Marzo towards this baroque
church
(
Click here
)
, sculpted
with maps charting Venetian vassal states c 1678-81.
Chiesa di Santo Stefano
Further west, the bell tower of 15th-century
Santo Stefano
(
Click here
) leans 2m,
as though it's had one
spritz
too many. Nearby, Bartolomeo Bon's marble Gothic
portals grace brick Chiesa di Santo Stefano.
Teatro La Fenice
Follow Calle Caotorta to
Teatro La Fenice
(
Click here
) , veering left onto Calle
dei Assassini. Corpses were so frequently found here that in 1128 Venice banned
the full beards assassins wore as disguises.
Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo
Snogging in
campi
(piazzas) is such an established Venetian pastime it's surpris-
ing dogi didn't tax it - but duck into Renaissance
Palazzo Contarini del Bo-
volo
(
Click here
)
courtyard for privacy.
