La Venezia Travel Guide

 Aggeliki Says:  The most famous of the three bridges spanning the Grand Canal is the Rialto Bridge (1588), lined with a double row of shops. 

 Aggeliki Says:  In the rear of the Doges’ Palace is the famous Bridge of Sighs, which connects the palace with public prisons and was the route by which prisoners were taken to and from the judgment hall. The name of the bridge came from prisoner's crying while they were lead to prison. 

 Aggeliki Says:  The palace begun about 814, destroyed four times by fire, and each time rebuilt on a more magnificent scale. It is a remarkable building in Italian Gothic with some early Renaissance elements. The northern side of the piazza is occupied by the Procuratie Vecchie (1496) and... 

 Aggeliki Says:  The cathedral of St. Mark is situated in the center of the Saint Marks's square.Thestructure begun built about 828, reconstructed after a fire in 976, and rebuilt between 1047 and about 1071. The cathedral and the Palazzo Ducale are considered two of the most important... 

 Aggeliki Says:  Piazza S.Marco is the only true square in Venice.St.Mark's Square was called "the drawing room of the world" by Musset. It has been the scene of some of the most important religious and political activities of the Serenissima as well as the center of Venetian social life for... 

 Aggeliki Says:  VaporettoThis is the Venetian "bus", a public transport boat that ferries you up and down the Grand Canal and other major water-ways both within and around the city.