Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Venice, Italy

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 1.3 km
Ascend 19 m
Descend 14 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: Pier Luigi Penzo

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Pier Luigi Penzo

Pier Luigi Penzo was an Italian aviator and soldier, a veteran of the First World War. He participated in numerous aviation feats during the 1920s, including the Baltic Circuit with Umberto Maddalena and Gascon Gascons, and the Western Mediterranean Air Cruise organized by Italo Balbo. He lost his life during the search and rescue operations of Umberto Nobile's airship Italia and Roald Amundsen's Latham 47 aircraft.

Wikipedia: Pier Luigi Penzo (IT)

257 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Giardini della Biennale

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The Venice Giardini or Giardini della Biennale is an area of parkland in the historic city of Venice which hosts the Venice Biennale Art Festival, a major part of the city's cultural Biennale. The gardens were created by Napoleon Bonaparte who drained an area of marshland in order to create a public garden on the banks of the Bacino di San Marco which is a narrow stretch of water dividing the gardens from St. Mark's Square and the Doge's Palace.

Wikipedia: Giardini della Biennale (EN)

154 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Riccardo Selvatico

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176 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Guglielmo Oberdan

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302 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Parco delle Rimembranze

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The Park of Remembrance, or "pinewood of St. Helena", is a Venetian park located on the island of St. Helena.

Wikipedia: Parco delle rimembranze (Sant'Elena) (IT)

438 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Sant'Elena

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Sant'Elena, also sometimes called Santa Lena, is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church at the extreme east end of the sestiere of Castello in the City of Venice, Italy.

Wikipedia: Sant'Elena, Venice (EN)

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