Arsenale
Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, Italy
Before Henry Ford, before the Industrial Revolution, before anyone else figured out assembly-line production, Venice had the Arsenale.
Caffè Florian
57 San Marco, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30124, Italy
Caffè Florian has been serving coffee in Piazza San Marco since December 29, 1720, making it, by its own reckoning, the oldest coffeehouse in continuous operation in the world.
Campanile di San Marco
Piazza San Marco, Venice
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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.
Harry's Bar
1323 San Marco, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30124, Italy
The most famous bar in Venice was bankrolled by a drunk American.
Jewish Ghetto
Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, Italy
This is where the word "ghetto" was born.
Piazza San Marco
Piazza San Marco, Venice
Napoleon called it "the drawing room of Europe," and for once, the little emperor wasn't exaggerating.
Ponte dei Pugni
Ponte San Barnaba, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30123, Italy
The marble footprints are still there, worn into the stone at each end of the bridge — the starting positions for the fighters.
Rialto Market
Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, Italy
Every morning before dawn, while tourists sleep off their Spritz hangovers, boats pull up to the quay beside the Rialto Bridge and unload the night's catch directly onto stone counters.
Teatro La Fenice
Campo San Fantin, San Marco 1965, Venice
Venice's opera house is named "The Phoenix" because it keeps burning down and rising from the ashes — which is either poetic or a sign of terrible fire safety, depending on your perspective.
Torcello
Isola di Torcello, Venice
Venice began here, on this eerily quiet island at the northern edge of the lagoon.
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