Venice is famous for its canals. It
is built on an archipelago of more than 100 islands (118 in
total) formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands
on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges.
In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and
every form of transport is on water or on foot.
Venice is also a city of great art and grand old masters. Venetian
painting enjoyed early masters such as the Bellini
clan Jacopo from the 1420s, sons Giovanni
and Gentile from the 1460s. By the early 1500s Venice
had taken the Renaissance torch from Florence and made it its
own, lending the movement the new color and lighting schemes
of such giants as Giorgione, Tiziano (Titian),
Paolo Veronese, and Tintoretto.
Popular attraction.
Academy Gallery
Gallerie dell'Accademia.
Campo della Carita | Dorsoduro, Venice 30130, Italy
Tel: 39-041-522-2247
The
city's most important and prestigious art gallery features
an impressive collection of Venetian paintings and works
by such artists as Bellini, Titian
and Mantegna.
Immerse
yourself in Venice's Age of Decadence with a visit to
this lavish palace of the Venetian aristocracy Rezzonico,
which houses an unsurpassed collection of eighteenth-century
Venetian art.
This
satellite gallery of the famous Guggenheim in New York
occupies the 17th-century Customs House in Venice, featuring
modern and contemporary works of art.
Fenice opera house
Teatro della Fenice.
Campo San Fantin, Venice 30124, Italy
Tel: 39-041-786575
This
world famous opera house, burned to the ground in 1996,
has been rebuilt amongst much scandal and drama: its
modern beauty and complex history ensure its place among
the most celebrated monuments in Italian history.
It
is built on an archipelago of more than 100 islands (118 in
total) formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands
on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges.
In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and
every form of transport is on water or on foot.
The
city's most important and prestigious art gallery features
an impressive collection of Venetian paintings and works
by such artists as Bellini, Titian
and Mantegna.
Immerse
yourself in Venice's Age of Decadence with a visit to
this lavish palace of the Venetian aristocracy Rezzonico,
which houses an unsurpassed collection of eighteenth-century
Venetian art.
This
satellite gallery of the famous Guggenheim in New York
occupies the 17th-century Customs House in Venice, featuring
modern and contemporary works of art.
This
world famous opera house, burned to the ground in 1996,
has been rebuilt amongst much scandal and drama: its
modern beauty and complex history ensure its place among
the most celebrated monuments in Italian history.