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Rialto
Bridge: Till thirteenth century Venice was built on a groups of islands
separated by channels and to get on the other side were laid down wood
boards. Later many bridges were built in Venice but no one of them joining
the Gran Canal's banks. This was a big problem for the Establishment so that population was always teasing it about this promise. Competition had been won by Antonio da Ponte who thought a unic arch bridge, 48 meters long and 22 meters wide. Foundation was started in 1588, and it took some years to finally join the opposite part of the Gran Canal and subsitute the previous wood bridge that many times collapsed before. To get an image of this previous bridge look at the famous painting by Carpaccio "Guarigione di un ossesso")... |
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 Saint
Mark's Basilica: beautiful Venetian church with 5 domes looks like
the ancient church of Costantinopoli. It was embellished during the early
centuries of the last millennium and particulary in the thirtheenth century
when Venice dominated Mediterranean culture and economy.The church, built to represent the power of Serenissima, is externally embellished with marble, mosaics and bas-relief: all maded with precious materials came from Bisanzio, Aquileia and Ravenna. Internally, the church has a Greek cross plan with domes substained by big columns. But the most amazing fact of this church is that the architectural structure is perfectly hidden by the beauty of the mosaics... |
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provided with air-conditioning, entryphone and reinforced
door. It has wood floors and high ceilings, in the furnished
kitchen there is the dish washer, the washing machine and
1 table with 4 chairs. In the living room we find a double
sofa bed and a furnished bookcase. Then there are the double
bedroom and the marble bathroom with tub. It is surely a very
good apartment for 2 and for 4 people besides really well
located as from this flat it'll take you just 4 minutes on
foot to get both to S. Mark's Square and Rialto Bridge. 
