Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Venice, Italy

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 2.3 km
Ascend 34 m
Descend 32 m

Explore Venice in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in VeniceIndividual Sights in Venice

Sight 1: Chiesa di San Sebastian

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San Sebastiano is a church in the Venetian sestiere of Dorsoduro. It contains a considerable part of Paolo Veronese's life's work. In the church there are also sculptures by Alessandro Vittoria, as well as Veronese's tomb on the left in front of the side altar.

Wikipedia: San Sebastiano (Kirche in Venedig) (DE)

343 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa degli Ognissanti

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197 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Chiesa delle Eremite

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Le Eremite is a small Catholic church in the Dorsoduro area of Venice, Italy. It was built at the end of the 17th century for Augustinian nuns. It formed part of a larger complex which included a convent and schools run by the nuns. The schools ran until the middle of the last century and taught children of all ages - from infants to high school. The church is dedicated to Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Construction was completed in 1694.

Wikipedia: Le Eremite (EN)

288 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Squero de San Trovaso

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The squero of San Trovaso is one of the oldest and most famous Venetian squeri. The squero is the classic shipyard where small boats such as gondolas, pupparini, sandoli, s'ciopóni and other boats typical of the Venetian naval tradition were built and repaired.

Wikipedia: Squero di San Trovaso (IT), Website

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di San Trovaso

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San Trovaso is a church in the sestiere or neighborhood of Dorsoduro in Venice, northern Italy.

Wikipedia: San Trovaso (EN)

235 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Accademia Gallery

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The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art in Venice, northern Italy. It is housed in the Scuola della Carità on the south bank of the Grand Canal, within the sestiere of Dorsoduro. It was originally the gallery of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, the art academy of Venice, from which it became independent in 1879, and for which the Ponte dell'Accademia and the Accademia boat landing station for the vaporetto water bus are named. The two institutions remained in the same building until 2004, when the art school moved to the Ospedale degli Incurabili.

Wikipedia: Gallerie dell'Accademia (EN), Website

265 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Palazzo Loredan Cini

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The Palazzo Loredan Cini is a Gothic-style palace located between the Palazzo Balbi Valier and the Rio San Vio on the Grand Canal, in the sestiere of Dorsoduro, Venice, Italy. The palace was formed from the amalgamation of the former Palazzo Foscari-Loredan with the adjacent Palazzo Grimani. The narrow facade on the Canal has no entrance, but the facade to the north on the Rio, has a single water door, and is connected to the adjacent campo by a bridge. The facade is decorated with two poliforas.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Loredan Cini (EN), Website

27 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Palazzo Barbarigo

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Palazzo BarbarigoTony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK / CC BY 2.0

Palazzo Barbarigo is a palace situated facing the Grand Canal of Venice, Italy. It is not to be confused with the Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto and Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza, both also on the Grand Canal, and other palazzi, and several villas, once owned by the Barbarigo family.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Barbarigo (EN)

68 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Chiesa di Saint George

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St George's Church, Venice is an Anglican parish church in Venice, Italy in the Diocese in Europe.

Wikipedia: St George's Church, Venice (EN)

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Peggy Guggenheim Collection

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The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is an art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice, Italy. It is one of the most visited attractions in Venice. The collection is housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, an 18th-century palace, which was the home of the American heiress Peggy Guggenheim for three decades. She began displaying her private collection of modern artworks to the public seasonally in 1951. After her death in 1979, it passed to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, which opened the collection year-round from 1980.

Wikipedia: Peggy Guggenheim Collection (EN), Website

615 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 11: Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti

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The Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (IVSLA) is an academy of sciences in Venice.

Wikipedia: Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (EN)

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