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View of the Grand Canal from the Rialto Bridge and the bell tower of the Church of the Holy Apostles

View of the Grand Canal (also known as the Canalazzo) from the Rialto Bridge, with the Renaissance Palazzo dei Camerlenghi on the left

Statue of Carlo Goldoni in Campo San Bartolomeo, created by Antonio Dal Zotto in 1884

Column with a Corinthian capital in Campo San Salvatore

Statue of Daniele Mani in Campo Manin, sculpted by Luigi Borro in 1875

An elegant 19th-century building in Campo San Luca

The decorations on the gondolas moored in the Orseolo basin

Gondolas moored in the Orseolo basin, waiting for tourists

A series of bow irons or combs on some Venetian gondolas moored in the Orseolo basin

The Procuratie Vecchie, an imposing two-storey building with large round-arched windows overlooking St Mark’s Square

On the left, the Dome of Pentecost and the Holy Spirit, the Dome of the Ascension in St Mark’s Basilica, and on the right, the bell tower

A general view of St Mark’s Square, with the basilica, the bell tower, the Procuratie Vecchie (left) and the Procuratie Nuove (right)

A mosaic in L’Aquila depicting St John holding an open book, beneath the vault of the southern outer archway of St Mark’s Basilica

The columns on the façade of St Mark’s Basilica

The Clock Tower, with the bronze ‘Mori di Venezia’ figures atop it and the lion against a starry background

One of the Acritan pillars in St Mark’s Basilica, featuring Sassanid motifs such as winged palmettes, grapes and peacocks

The marble façade and one of the five domes of St Mark’s Basilica

The three splayed portals with pointed arches, decorated with numerous small columns, of St Mark’s Basilica

Detail of a bronze street lamp decorated with winged lions, with St Mark’s Basilica in the background

Rio de San Severo (Sestiere Castello)

The Devil’s Bridge, rebuilt in 1983 over the Rio de San Provolo

The Rio di San Provolo as seen from the Ponte de l’Osmarin

An exhibition of Venetian masks on sale at a shop in the city

A table displaying Venetian masks

The Rio San Provolo, with the Osmarin Bridge in the background

Well curb in Campo San Provolo

The façade of the Church of San Zaccaria in the Castello district, designed by Mauro Codussi in the 15th century

The 16th-century octagonal well in Campo Santi Filippo e Giacomo

The long Grand Canal, flanked by magnificent historic palaces

Some of the sculptures adorning the keystones of the Foscari Arch, seen from the inner courtyard of the Doge’s Palace

Three stone coats of arms, including the coat of arms of the municipality of Venice in the centre, situated on the Ponte degli Scalzi

Baroque façade with a clock next to the Foscari Arch of the Doge’s Palace, designed by Bartolomeo Manopola in 1615

On the left, the church of Santa Maria di Nazareth and the Ponte degli Scalzi over the Grand Canal

The column of St Mark the Evangelist, surmounted by a bronze winged lion, which towers over Piazzetta San Marco, erected by Nicolò Barattiero

Fondamenta Santa Lucia and Venice railway station

The marble portico of the Doge’s Palace, adorned with 14th-century capitals, along the San Marco quay

The late Baroque façade of the Church of Santa Maria di Nazareth, designed by the 17th-century architect Giuseppe Sardi

The pointed arches of the Doge’s Palace overlooking Piazzetta San Marco, supported by columns with Corinthian capitals, and, on the right, the sculptural group of Adam and Eve

A detail of the Hotel Principe building on the Grand Canal and the red and black striped bollards

An oblique view of the Doge’s Palace on the San Marco quay

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