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Ghetto Ebraico

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The Jewish ghetto of Venice is located in the Cannaregio district and its name probably derives from the presence, in this area, of some foundries destined to throw (melt) metals.
In 1516 the Jews of Venice were confined to this area by the Council of Ten, a demarcated area in which the Jews were forced to live and could not leave from dusk to dawn. From the beginning this was a protection for the Jews, but gradually became a prison. The maximum population of the Ghetto was around 5000 people. number that due to the Second World War was reduced to about 1000 people.

Isola di Murano

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Asylum and refuge of the refugees of the mainland to shelter from the barbarian invasions, Murano, whose ancient name is AMURANIUM, grew in prosperity and reached its splendor in the sixteenth century. It was always http://findviagrapills.com/ center that maintained administrative autonomy with respect to Venice enjoying a local administrative government and taking advantage of its ancient statutes from 1272 under the government of a podestà; until the fall of the Republic he had his own arengo; had the golden book for its original families, which enjoyed special privileges (the Venice police could not land on the island), coined the oselles, ie the medals / coins that were given to the main citizens (the name derives from the fact that in ancient times the Doge gave birds to the Lords, then replaced by these medals). The laws, even those of labor, were sanctioned by a mariegola (freshman – register, list of people registered in a certain category – of the artisan guilds) designed to prevent the spread of the secrets of glass processing: in exchange for secrecy the island and the islanders enjoyed special privileges. In its period of greatest prosperity the island had 17 churches, convents, hospices and academies. The island was chosen as an industrial site for the art of glass since 1291, both because it is located in the north of Venice and therefore the fumes of the furnaces did not pollute the city air and avoid the dangers of fires in the city center. The activity is very old but the real great impulse came when Venice came into contact with the Saracen workshops in Syria, between the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Itinerary * Piazzetta della colonna (boat stop) * Fondamenta dei Vereri that runs along the homonymous river: in ancient times there were the glass factories. Palazzo Contarini / Mazzolà from the 16th century - Gothic houses on the two shores of the shore * Ponte Ballarin: from here the government’s proclamations were proclaimed, there is still the lion on a column * Crossing the Fondamenta Manin bridge and on the right Viale Garibaldi (the target) with the Widows’ Hospice of the glassmakers, the F. M Piave theater (famous opera librettist: “I due Foscari”, “Rigoletto”, “Traviata”, all for Giuseppe Verdi) and the lighthouse. * On the left: Fondamenta di S. Giovanni Battista dei Battuti * On the left: Fondamenta Antonio Colleoni * Bottom: Campo S. Stefano, with the ancient tavern “Taverna di S. Stefano” * Ponte S. Pietro and homonymous church with Renaissance portal and bell tower of the early ‘500, the Vera da Pozzo is from 1348 * It takes back the foundations of the glassmakers, at n ° 139 there is a small eighteenth-century pharmacy, with paintings by Fontebasso (eighteenth-century painter between rococo and neoclassicism) * Ponte Vivarini, called “ponte lungo” from which you can see on the left the Palazzo da Mula, one of the largest Murano factories, with Gothic memories and 16th century restructuring * Made the bridge, on the right, Fondamenta Cavour and Fondamenta Giustiniani with the homonymous Palace, today the Glass Museum * You arrive in Campo S. Donato with the monumental Basilica of S.ti Maria e Donato, a 12th-century Venetian-Byzantine building, a little later than S. Marco. Founded perhaps in the VII and dedicated to St. Maria, from 1125 was added the title of S. Donato following the transport of relics from Kefalonia. The date of 1140, marked on the mosaic floor, indicates the completion of the church. It was restored between 1858 and 73, recently brought back to its original form. The hexagonal apse with false arcade with twin columns and upper gallery is one of the highest examples of arch. Venetian-Byzantine. The façade has a basilical form of Ravenna origin. The interior has a basilica plan with three naves, divided by 5 columns with Corinthian / Byzantine capitals. The ceiling is wooden with a “ship’s hull”. The floor has a mosaic with marble and polychrome glass paste with ornamental motifs and figurations of symbolic bestiary: on the right between the 2nd and 3rd columns two roosters support a fox: a symbology of the Vigilance that triumphs over the Astuzia. It dates back to 1140, so it is coeval with that of S. Marco. In the middle wheel the inscription indicates “Anno Domini Millesimo Centesimo Quadragesimo. First. Septembri canteens. Fifth Indication. In Nomine Domini Our Jesus Christi. In the apse, the Byzantine apsidal basin is preserved, with the Virgin alone, in an Orante form (standing, with open arms and hands facing the sky). The CAMPANILE is a square tower with three sections. * We cross the Ponte S. Donato * And we go on Fondamenta Navagero, from the name of a historian-humanist scholar whose gardens were full of exotic plants, one of the first botanical collections of Europe, meeting of the Venetian nobles for the readings of the classics. From here you can take the boat back to Venice.

Arsenale di Venezia

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Starting from 1400, the Arsenal was the largest industrial complex” in the world with over 3000 employees, the dockyard workers and a production capacity that in the ’500, has reached well over 6 “galleys” to the month, such a value made possible thanks to an exceptional management skills and a modern organization of every aspect of production: from sourcing of timber to the modularity of the construction. The Arsenal of Venice was one of the glories of the ancient maritime republic: in its shipyards produced vessels known all over the world. The Arsenal is very limited, besides that impressive and strategic, of the whole of the city on the lagoon: about 32 hectares, of which viagra pill color 9, mirror of water, compared to about 670 acres complesivi of Venice, including the islands of Giudecca, Tronchetto, San Giorgio and the internal canals. The complex of its facilities it has represented for centuries the main node of the economy and civil history of Venice, much to be defined officially in 1509 by the Senate as “the heart of the venetian State”.

Ca’ d’ oro

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The Ca’ d’oro was built in the first half of the ’400 by Marino Contarini, and’ a symbol of Venice, with the architecture typical of the late-gothic of the lodges open on the Grand Canal.
The baron Giorgio Franchetti, who had bought and restored at the end of the ‘ 800, to donate to the State in 1915, the Palace and its art collections. Among the works: troaviamo paintings of Giovanni Bellini, Carpaccio, “St. Sebastian” by Mantegna and even paintings by Titian, Giorgione, Tintoretto, Guardi, van Eyck and other artists of the flemish and German ceramics, venetian centuries, the marble of the Renaissance, a collection of bronzes, rare medals, frescoes, statues, and fragments of the greeks and romans. Remarkable real well of B. Bon, with the allegories of virtues.

Doge’s Palace

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If you imagine landing in Venice from the sea, as did those who came inland by ship, the first thing you see rising out of the water is the unmistakable shape of the Doge’s Palace – the city’s most famous building.

The Palace is the most representative symbol of Venice’s culture, which, together with the Basilica of San Marco at the back and the Piazzetta in the forefront, forms of the most famous sceneries in the world.

For centuries the Doge’s Palace had three fundamental roles: as the Doge residence, the seat of government and as the palace of justice. This was where some of the most important decisions for Venice’s, and even Europe’s destiny were taken.

Basilica di San Marco

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The mightiest of Venetian monuments, the one that really shows the greatness of Venice is undoubtedly the Basilica of San Marco. It was built over several centuries, frequently transformed and enriched with precious treasures, often from the Far East. Its architecture, a mixture of Byzantine, Roman and Venetian, is the work of artists and craftsmen coming from all over. It can be considered a real laboratory, a living organism, developing and transforming over the centuries.

Piazza San Marco

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The Basilica of San Marco overlooks one of the most beautiful squares in the world, a real marble salon, the city center for centuries. Next to both the Basilica and the Doge’s Palace, all the most important religious and civil ceremonies have always been held there and now the Piazza San Marco is considered the city’s main symbol and tourist attraction

Bridge of Sighs

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The Bridge of Sighs, that houses two overlapping corridors, was built at the beginning of the 17th century form a design by Antonio Contin and used to serve as a link between the Old Prisons, in the Doge’s Palace, and the New Prisons, situated beyond the Palazzo River

Ponte di rialto

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The Rialto Bridge is the most famous of the bridges that cross the Grand Canal. In this area, which originally housed the food market, there has always been a canal crossing, at first, a simple bridge of boats, and later a real wooden bridge, made from two inclined ramps with a mobile section in the middle, in order to allow the passage of ships.