Burano
Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, Italy
Burano looks like someone spilled a paint factory into the Venetian lagoon.
Ca' d'Oro
3932 Cannaregio, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30121, Italy
The "House of Gold" hasn't been golden for over four hundred years, but the name stuck.
Chiesa di San Zaccaria
Campo San Zaccaria, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30122, Italy
Most visitors walk right past San Zaccaria on their way between St.
Doge's Palace
1 San Marco, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30124, Italy
For over a thousand years, this was the nerve centre of one of history's most successful republics — a state that lasted longer than the Roman Empire and ran a trading network that stretched from London to China.
Frari Church
3072 San Polo, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30125, Italy
The Franciscans arrived in Venice in 1226, and being Franciscans — sworn to poverty and simplicity — they immediately set about building one of the largest churches in the city.
Gallerie dell'Accademia
Campo de la Carità, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30123, Italy
If you want to understand why Venetian painting changed the world, this is where you come.
Murano
Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, Italy
In 1291, the Venetian Republic ordered every glassmaker in the city to pack up their furnaces and move to the island of Murano.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
701 Dorsoduro, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30123, Italy
Peggy Guggenheim lived in Venice for thirty years in a palazzo that was never finished — the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni was started in 1749 but only the ground floor was ever built, making it the lowest building on the Grand Canal.
San Giorgio Maggiore
Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
From Piazza San Marco, the church of San Giorgio Maggiore looks like a white marble mirage floating on the water across the basin.
Scuola Grande di San Rocco
San Polo 3052, Venice
Tintoretto spent twenty-three years painting this building, and the result is Venice's answer to the Sistine Chapel.
St. Mark's Basilica
Piazza San Marco, Venice
This church exists because of one of history's greatest heists.
Torcello
Isola di Torcello, Venice
Venice began here, on this eerily quiet island at the northern edge of the lagoon.
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