Venice in three days

Three days Venice may be enough to have a smattering on the beauty and the different experiences that each visitor can search and find great satisfaction of having so if you already have the precise route you want to go, without beating around the bush directions in research or abstruse.

The visitor after, also for the first time, this magnificent experience, will be able to have some broad indications of the Venetian city from which, however, can not be ignored.

However, it deserves a moment of attention the chance to see the Venice of the water. There are routes that would not be visible in walking routes, but only by boat. Association Venicewiki offers this unique opportunity to make a turn in a typical Venetian boat, by booking a tour for Hidden Corners in a Tipical Rowing Boat, clicking Venicewiki.it on this link venicewiki.it, or by writing directly to alvise@venicewiki.org.

The starting point of each excursion through the streets and fields Venetians must be St. Mark's Square, the hub of Venetian power and its glory, with the St. Mark's Basilica, in which the walls 828 is kept the Body of St. Mark and the seat of ecclesiastical power, the Doges' Palace, whose current form in which it met the Maggior Consiglio, the assembly of noble emblem of political power and the judiciary, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana founded in 1520, built by Jacopo Sansovino, jealous guardian of thousands of ancient books and priceless manuscripts and then the culture in these places is the depository .

A visit to the St. Mark's Basilica, the Basilica d'Oro for the gold leaf mosaics that cover the walls completely and the five domes, it is essential to understand the strength and l 'opulence of the Republic of Venice, which not coincidentally is unscathed for over a thousand years before the barbarian invasions, the attacks of the Turks, then, to surrender to Napoleon stripped of substantial amounts of works of art to bring them to Paris, including two pairs of bronze horses on the terrace of the Basilica itself, returned after many years, but without the rubies that were embedded in the eye.
The visit to Doges' Palace would be a complete knowledge of the strong powers of the Serenissima. Inside you can admire the rooms used in the assemblies of the Senate to Grand Council where they gathered all the nobles of the city to jointly decide the fate of Venice, nobles that sometimes exceeded the 1700 unit, the Golden Staircase which leads to the Doge's Apartment and the Museum Opera, in which you can admire from near the columns and the capitals of the original 14th century were replaced during the restoration of the nineteenth century.

All the rooms are beautifully adorned with Venetian paintings of the greatest artists and not, Tiziano, Tintoretto, Jacopo Palma il Giovane, Giovanni Bellini, Vittore Carpaccio, Paolo Veronese, the stucco of Alessandro Vittoria, the sculptures of Jacopo Sansovino ...

After having gazed on the St. Mark's Basin with the gentle lapping of the waves on the shore slippery observed the swaying of the Venetian Gondola related to Bricole, the first day you can always end in St. Mark's Square with the orchestras in the most prestigious locations such as the Caffè Florian that, since the birth in 1720, has hosted artists from all eras such as Byron, Verdi, Antonio Canova, Carlo Goldoni, eclectic characters like Casanova and many others. Over time become a meeting place for writers and musicians, of patricians and noble women, it still retains its charm in its beautiful eighteenth-century salt.

Even the Gran Caffè Quadri with the dining rooms on the first floor of the Old Magistrates offers a dip in the opulence of the city center doge, with large chandeliers Murano and sumptuous damask upholstery to the walls.

The Second Day could be spent on the Islands of the Lagoon the north.

The first island is the Venice Cemetery, the island of St. Michael. The cemetery is monumental and the Venetians over the dead, even passion for many Venetians who wanted to be buried in this place.
Here lie distinguished international artists, including Ezra Pound (1972), Igor Stravinsky (1971), Sergei Diaghilev (1929), Joseph Brodsky (1996), Frederick William Rolfe, and of course the famous Venetian including the playwright Giacinto Gallina, the historian and scholar of Giulio Lorenzetti, Major aviation Pier Luigi i (1934), comedian Venetian Cesco Baseggio, the composer Luigi Nono (1990), the painters Virgilio Guidi, Emilio Vedova (2006) and Armando Pizzinato, and many other Venetian for love as the famous coach Helen Herrera (1997) and Ashley Clarke (1994), British ambassador in Italy and founder of The Venice in Peril Found.

Following is the island of Murano name that is internationally known as the place where it is processed glass. The ancient art of glass is present in Venice since the dawn of the city and the glassmakers shape the dough to draw glowing glass or a cup, or a glass, or a magnificent chandelier.

No one is ever indifferent to the skill and dexterity of the masters, who produced, as always, magnificent objects, each one different from having their natural position at the Museum of Glass, in which are exposed pieces ranging from the Phoenicians to the Romans, from the Middle Ages to 700, until the pieces of famous masters such as Venini or Cendese, they have worked with renowned architects such as Carlo Scarpa.
Through the site you can Book a visit to a Murano Glass Factory going to the relevant page.
Murano also offers a dip in Romanesque art with the beautiful Basilica dei Santi Maria e Donato, with the apse crowned by round columns and Romanesque capitals in Istrian stone and red Verona marble. The floors are a unique mosaic opus sectile, prior to the year one thousand.
From the pier to the lighthouse you can climb on the vehicle that leads to Burano, the island of laces and colorful houses.
Not far from Burano is Torcello, Venice before Venice.

Third Day can be spent or to visit the many museums Venice choosing whether to visit a museum as important as the Gallerie dell'Accademia where you can find paintings Tiziano, Carpaccio, Paolo Veronese or Scuola Grande di San Rocco where most of the paintings are made by Tintoretto, or wander Calli and Callette, Campi and salizade trying to find the spirit that so impressed Lord Byron, Igor Stravinkji, Ezra Pound, Sergei Diaghilev who have loved this city so much that they wanted to be buried on the island of San Michele cemetery of the city.
An experience not to be missed is to try to know the Venice channels, if you book a typical Venetian boat that allow you to discover corners that are not covered on foot, even considering the Double viability of Venice, canals and roads that only in places intersect or are parallel, but often have two distinct path circumventing a hand.
Adventure appealing to people who like to deepen their knowledge.
You can also decide to row like a venetian gondolier along with a venetian rowing expert.

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