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Ponte degli Scalzi and two water taxis on the Grand Canal

Equestrian statue of Vittorio Emanuele II on the Riva degli Schiavoni, by the sculptor Ettore Ferrari

The dome and lantern of the Church of San Simone Piccolo, featuring the statue of the Redeemer

Some gondolas moored on the Grand Canal at Riva del Ferro

Fondamenta San Simone Piccolo (Santa Croce district), overlooking the Grand Canal

An ACTV water bus on the Grand Canal, seen from the top of the Ponte degli Scalzi

A close-up of the columns of the Ponte degli Scalzi and the Grand Canal

The Istrian stone balustrade with small columns on the Ponte degli Scalzi over the Grand Canal

The Ponte degli Scalzi on the Grand Canal, built of Istrian stone, designed by the engineer Eugenio Miozzi

The school (left) and the church (right) of San Rocco, situated in the square of the same name

The Gothic-style Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, situated in Campo dei Frari

The Gothic façade of the Church of Sant’Aponal in the San Polo district

On the left, a votive icon of the Virgin Mary next to the Rialto Bridge

The central arcade of the Rialto Bridge and, on the right, the bell tower of the church of San Bartolomeo

Covered gondolas moored to the posts on the Grand Canal

Palazzo Barbarigo, with its richly decorated façade, on the Grand Canal

A mooring post on the Grand Canal and a gondola, as seen from Campo de la Salute (Dorsoduro)

An octagonal wooden boathouse in Campo de la Salute overlooking the Grand Canal

The two bronze Atlases supporting a gilded sphere surmounted by the weather-vane figure of Fortune, on the Dogana da Mar

Punta della Dogana, a 17th-century building designed by Benoni, on the site of the Dogana alla Salute (Dorsoduro)

The Rio and Ponte de la Salute; on the left is the “Ca Maria Adele” hotel and on the right is the rear of the Church of the Salute

The Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore, with its stately façade designed by Andrea Palladio, and its bell tower, erected in 1791

View of the Giudecca Canal and a vessel belonging to the private public transport company ‘Alilaguna Lines’

The island of Giudecca and the church of Santa Maria della Presentazione or delle Zitelle

The tables outside the “Lineadombra” restaurant next to the Ponte de l’Umiltà, with the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in the background

Fondamenta Zattere at Spirito Santo, with the Giudecca Canal on the right

The Church of the Most Holy Redeemer on the island of Giudecca and its great dome

Ponte dei Incurabili at the Zattere al Spirito Santo wharf

The Church of the Gesuati on Fondamenta Zattere ai Gesuati, designed by the architect Giorgio Massari

A busking musician with his guitar in Campo Sant’Agnese

The Accademia Bridge over the Grand Canal, consisting of a temporary wooden structure, designed by Eugenio Miozzi

On the left, the Gothic-style Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti and the Grand Canal, as seen from the Accademia Bridge

The bell tower of the Church of San Vidal in Campo San Vidal

The gabled façade of the Scuola Grande di San Fantin, or Ateneo Veneto, in Campo San Fantin, built towards the end of the 1500s

The tables at the “Antico Martini” restaurant in the San Gaetano courtyard

The Gran Teatro la Fenice in Campo San Fantin, designed by the architect Gian Antonio Selva in 1790

Statue of the writer Niccolò Tommaseo in Campo Santo Stefano, sculpted by Francesco Barzaghi in 1882

15th-century palaces in Campo Sant’Angelo, including Palazzo Duodo, at the far left

The Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal, built by Antonio da Ponte with the help of his nephew Antonio Contin and completed in 1591

Some gondolas full of tourists, seen from the top of the Rialto Bridge

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