Introducing popular tourist spots and sights that should be kept in Venice! Not only gondola cruises, but also temples and museums, we have compiled carefully selected tourist information based on the reviews of professionals who know Venice thoroughly.
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- Mark’s Basilica:
A must-see spot when visiting Venice
St. Mark’s Basilica is a must-see for anyone visiting the city of Venice.
Some people say that the church is fine because I saw it in other cities, but the structure of this cathedral is quite different from other churches.
No matter how many pictures and pictures you see, the atmosphere of the city of Venice can only be understood by actually coming here.
In the same way, to be impressed by the gold and colored glass mosaics that stretch all over the ceiling of this cathedral, and the combination of decorations that pay attention to the details of the marble on the floor and walls, you can actually stay in this space. I can’t help but put.
It is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Venice, and in winter you may have to go through a board like a corridor to avoid the water that collects at the entrance.
- Doge’s Palace:
Don’t miss the luxurious interiors that show off the wealth and power of the Republic of Venice
A building on St. Mark’s Square, which was once used as the official residence and government building of the Governor of the Republic of Venice.
Built in the 8th century, it was renovated in the 14th and 16th centuries to its present form.
The building has 4 floors, the 2nd floor is a corridor, and the main attractions are on the 3rd and 4th floors.
There are various rooms on the 3rd and 4th floors, each of which is luxuriously decorated with works by Venetian painters such as Ticiano.
The Doge’s Palace also had a courthouse, and prisoners were held in prison on the first floor of the palace.
However, the number of prisoners increased and they could not be imprisoned, and prisons were built near the attic and the surface of the canal.
It is said that Casanova was imprisoned in an attic prison.
In contrast to the luxuriously decorated rooms, there are secret tours to see places not found in normal admission, such as prisons, tortured rooms, and modest office rooms.
If you are interested, why not take a tour?
The Doge’s Palace is a popular tourist attraction as well as St. Mark’s Basilica.
You may have to line up for a long time to enter.
To enter without lining up, you should take a city tour with a Japanese guide or a guided tour including a secret tour (no Japanese, English / French / Italian only).
- Rialto Bridge:
Sightseeing spots alongside San Marco Rialto Bridge and Market
The place where the locals gather most in Venice is the market, which is across the Rialto Bridge than St. Mark’s Square.
Locals, young and old alike, come to the morning market here several times a week with a carry for shopping.
That’s why the Rialto Bridge is always full of passers-by.
In addition, tourists trying to take pictures of the scenery from the top of the bridge stopped and were admired by the beautiful scenery.
If you look at it anyway, the view from the side where you can see the water bus stop is beautiful.
It is still more beautiful to see the depths of the Grand Canal if you get off at least 10 steps toward the water bus stop, that is, on the San Marco side, not from the top.
This bridge is the largest stone bridge in Venice, the current one was built in 1591.
Originally, the Rialto area was the economic center of Venice since ancient times, and a wooden bridge already existed in the Middle Ages, but it was burnt down by the great fire of Rialto in 1524.
Later, in an architectural contest held by the Venetian government, the idea of local architect Antonio da Ponte was chosen to build the current Rialto Bridge.
- Accademia Gallery:
The best museum in Venice with a collection of masterpieces of Venetian painting
The best museum in Venice with a collection of masterpieces of Venetian painting from the 14th and 18th centuries.
Many of the works have a Venetian theme, but I am surprised that the building in the background of the painting is not much different from the existing one.
The predecessor of this museum is an art school founded in 1750, and the name of the museum, “Academia”, comes from here.
The interior is divided into 24 rooms, and many masterpieces of Giovanni Bellini, a painter representing the Venetian school, and Titian, Tintoretto, and Paolo Veronese, who are said to be the three major Venetian painters, are stored.
Although it is not a permanent exhibition, Da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” (a figure in which a naked man spreads his limbs in large letters in a circle and a square) that everyone has seen somewhere. Is also stored in this museum.
- Accademia Bridge:
The only wooden bridge over the Grand Canal
A wooden bridge right next to the Accademia Gallery.
The Grand Canal of Venezia, including this bridge, is the most famous Rialto Bridge, the Ponte degli Scalzi to cross the opposite bank from Santa Lucia Station, and the Costituzione, which was just built in 2008, connecting Santa Lucia Station and Roman Square. There are a total of 4 bridges with the bridge.
Among them, this Accademia Bridge is the only wooden one.
In 1854, it was the second bridge over the Grand Canal after the Rialto Bridge, and until then the Rialto Bridge was the only bridge over the Grand Canal.
Initially it was an iron bridge, but due to aging, it was changed to a stone bridge in 1932, and the design of the bridge was solicited from the general public.