Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Venice, Italy
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11.9 km
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Experience Venice in Italy in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in VeniceIndividual Sights in VeniceSight 1: Leoni
The Piraeus Lion is one of four lion statues on display at the Venetian Arsenal, Italy, where it was displayed as a symbol of Venice's patron saint, Saint Mark. The statue is made of white marble and stands some 3 m (9 ft.) high. It is particularly noteworthy for two lengthy runic inscriptions on its shoulders and flanks; these were likely carved by Scandinavians sometime in the 11th century AD.
Sight 2: Chiesa di San Martino Vescovo
The church of San Martino is a religious building in the city of Venice, located in the Castello district, not far from the Arsenal of Venice.
Sight 3: Chiesa di San Giovanni in Bragora
San Giovanni in Bragora is a church in Venice, Italy, located in the sestiere of Castello.
Sight 4: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pieta
The church of Santa Maria della Pietà or della Visitazione is a prominent church in the sestiere of Castello in Venice, Italy. It is sited on the Riva degli Schiavoni, a short walk from the Doge's Palace.
Sight 5: Vittorio Emanuele II
The Monument to Victor Emmanuel II, known by the Venetians simply as the monument, located in Riva degli Schiavoni, in Castello, Venice, Italy. It is an equestrian statue made in 1887 by the Roman sculptor Ettore Ferrari.
Sight 6: Bridge of Sighs
The Bridge of Sighs is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It was designed by Antonio Contino, whose uncle Antonio da Ponte designed the Rialto Bridge. It was built in 1600.
Sight 7: Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Greci
San Giorgio dei Greci is a church in the sestiere (neighborhood) of Castello, Venice, northern Italy. It was the center of the Scuola dei Greci, the Confraternity of the Greeks in Venice. Around this period there was a similar church in Naples called Santi Pietro e Paolo dei Greci. There was also a Greek Brotherhood of Naples.
Sight 8: Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni
The Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni in Venice, northern Italy, was one of the city's confraternities, a scuola piccola located in the sestiere (neighborhood) of Castello, Venice. Its building has been preserved.
Sight 9: San Francesco della Vigna
San Francesco della Vigna is a Roman Catholic church in the Sestiere of Castello in Venice, northern Italy.
Sight 10: Santa Maria del Pianto
Santa Maria del Pianto is a late-Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church in Venice, Italy. This dilapidated octagonal church in a forgotten corner of Venice was designed by Baldassare Longhena, and appears inspired by Longhena's Santa Maria della Salute on the Grand Canal, Venice.
Sight 11: Basilica of Saints John and Paul
The Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, known in Venetian as San Zanipolo, is a Catholic minor basilica and Dominican conventual church in the Castello sestiere of Venice, Italy.
Sight 12: Querini Stampalia Foundation
The Fondazione Querini Stampalia is a cultural institution in Venice, Italy, founded in 1869 at the behest of the last descendant of the Venetian Querini Stampalia family, Conte Giovanni Querini. Architect Carlo Scarpa designed interior, exterior, and garden elements and spaces on the ground floor of the historic building.
Sight 13: Chiesa di San Giovanni Nuovo
San Giovanni Nuovo is a Roman Catholic church in the campo of the same name, in the sestiere of Castello, Venice, Italy.
Sight 14: Museo Diocesano
The Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art "Sant'Apollonia" is a museum in Venice, commissioned by the patriarch Albino Luciani, opened to the public in 1977 on the occasion of the exhibition dedicated to the restoration of the bronze horses of St. Mark's Basilica, it was officially inaugurated on October 4, 1980. It is located in the monastery of the Benedictines once on the island of Ammiana, near Torcello, which has now disappeared. The Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art has been closed since 2019 and has not been transferred to the Pinacoteca Manfrediniana.
Sight 15: Cavalli di San Marco
The Horses of Saint Mark, also known as the Triumphal Quadriga or Horses of the Hippodrome of Constantinople, is a set of bronze statues of four horses, originally part of a monument depicting a quadriga. The horses were placed on the facade, on the loggia above the porch, of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, northern Italy, after the sack and looting of Constantinople in 1204. They remained there until looted by Napoleon in 1797 but were returned in 1815. The sculptures have been removed from the facade and placed in the interior of St Mark's for conservation purposes, with replicas in their position on the loggia.
Sight 16: St Mark's Basilica
The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known as St Mark's Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice in 1807, replacing the earlier cathedral of San Pietro di Castello. It is dedicated to and holds the relics of Saint Mark the Evangelist, the patron saint of the city.
Sight 17: St Mark's Campanile
St Mark's Campanile is the bell tower of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy. The current campanile is a reconstruction completed in 1912, the previous tower having collapsed in 1902. At 98.6 metres (323 ft) in height, it is the tallest structure in Venice and is colloquially termed "el paròn de casa". It is one of the most recognizable symbols of the city.
Sight 18: Column of Saint Mark
The Columns of San Marco and San Teodoro are two columns in Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy. They comprise the Column of San Marco, also known as the Column of the Lion, as well as the Column of San Teodoro. The statue of the Lion of Venice, which symbolises Mark the Evangelist, surmounts the Column of the Lion. The Column of San Teodoro is topped by a statue of Theodore Tiron, who was the patron saint of Venice before he was succeeded by Saint Mark. Both columns were likely erected either between 1172 and 1177 by Nicolò Barattieri, or sometime around 1268.
Sight 19: Marciana National Library
The Marciana Library or Library of Saint Mark is a public library in Venice, Italy. It is one of the earliest surviving public libraries and repositories for manuscripts in Italy and holds one of the world's most significant collections of classical texts. It is named after St Mark, the patron saint of the city.
Sight 20: Procuratie Nuove
The Procuratie are three connected buildings along the perimeter of Saint Mark's Square in Venice, Italy. Two of the buildings, the Procuratie Vecchie and the Procuratie Nuove, were constructed by the procurators of Saint Mark, the second-highest dignitaries in the government of the Republic of Venice, who were charged with administering the treasury of the Church of Saint Mark as well as the financial affairs of state wards and trust funds established on behalf of religious and charitable institutions.
Sight 21: Museo Correr
The Museo Correr is a museum in Venice, northern Italy. Located in St. Mark's Square, Venice, it is one of the 11 civic museums run by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia. The museum extends along the southside of the square on the upper floors of the Procuratorie Nuove. With its rich and varied collections, the Museo Correr covers both the art and history of Venice.
Sight 22: Chiesa di San Moisè
The Chiesa di San Moisè is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church in Venice, northern Italy.
Sight 23: Chiesa di San Fantin
San Fantin is a church in the sestiere of San Marco in Venice, Italy. It stands in front of the Fenice Theater and adjacent to the Ateneo Veneto.
Sight 24: Chiesa di San Gallo
The church of San Gallo is a religious building in the city of Venice, located in the San Marco district, not far from St. Mark's Square.
Sight 25: Chiesa di San Zulian
The Chiesa di San Giuliano, commonly called San Zulian in the Venetian dialect, is a church on the Merceria, the main shopping street of Venice, in the parish of San Salvador, Venice, Italy.
Sight 26: Teatro stabile del Veneto Carlo Goldoni
Teatro Goldoni, formerly Teatro San Luca and Teatro Vendramin di San Salvatore, is one of the opera houses and theatres of Venice which today is the home of the Teatro Stabile del Veneto. The modern theatre building is located near the Rialto Bridge in the historic center of Venice.
Sight 27: Scala Contarini del Bovolo
The Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo is a small palazzo in Venice, Italy, best known for its external multi-arch spiral staircase known as the Scala Contarini del Bovolo.
Sight 28: Chiesa di San Beneto
The Chiesa di San Benedetto is a Roman Catholic church in Venice, northern Italy. Generally known as San Beneto in the Venetian dialect, the church faces the square named after it, the Campo San Beneto. It was founded in the 11th century and rebuilt in 1685.
Sight 29: Santa Maria del Giglio o Zobenigo
The Chiesa di Santa Maria del Giglio is a church in Venice, Italy.
Sight 30: Chiesa di San Maurizio
San Maurizio is a Neoclassical-style, deconsecrated church located in the campo San Maurizio in the sestiere of San Marco of the city of Venice, Italy. It now is a Museum focusing on the music of Baroque Venice.
Sight 31: Palazzo Bellavite
Palazzo Bellavite is a 16th-century Venetian palace, located in Campo San Maurizio, in the San Marco district. It is also known as Palazzo Bellavite Baffo, because the last member of the Baffo family lived there.
Sight 32: Monumento a Niccolò Tommaseo
The Niccolò Tommaseo Monument is a statue erected in 1882 by Francesco Barzaghi in honor of the writer Niccolò Tommaseo, located in Campo Santo Stefano in Venice.
Sight 33: Santo Stefano
The Chiesa di Santo Stefano is a large Roman Catholic church at the northern end of the Campo Santo Stefano in the sestiere of San Marco, Venice, Italy.
Sight 34: Casa di Carlo Goldoni
The House of Carlo Goldoni, or in Italian, Casa di Carlo Goldoni is writer's house museum located in a small palace or palazzetto, that served as the residence of the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni. Located in San Polo, Venice, it is now a museum and library of theater studies.
Sight 35: Chiesa di San Samuele
The church of San Samuele in the Venetian district of San Marco is one of the few churches in the city with direct access to the Grand Canal. On the other two sides of the Campo of the same name are Palazzo Grassi and Palazzo Malipiero, as well as the San Samuele vaporetto station.
Sight 36: Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
The Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (IVSLA) is an academy of sciences in Venice.
Sight 37: Palazzo Loredan Cini
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.
Sight 38: Chiesa di Saint George
St George's Church, Venice is an Anglican parish church in Venice, Italy in the Diocese in Europe.
Sight 39: Peggy Guggenheim Collection
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.
Sight 40: Chiesa di San Gregorio
San Gregorio is a former church in Venice, northern Italy, located in the sestiere of Dorsoduro. It is not far from Santa Maria della Salute basilica, behind the Palazzo Genovese.
Sight 41: Santa Maria della Salute
Santa Maria della Salute, commonly known simply as La Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at the Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy.
Sight 42: Chiesa dello Spirito Santo
The Church of the Holy Spirit is a religious building in the city of Venice, located in the Dorsoduro district.
Sight 43: Chiesa di Sant'Agnese
The church of Sant'Agnese is a religious building in the city of Venice located in the Dorsoduro district.
Sight 44: Santa Maria del Rosario
Santa Maria del Rosario, commonly known as I Gesuati, is an 18th-century Dominican church in the Sestiere of Dorsoduro, on the Giudecca canal in Venice, northern Italy. The classical style building has a well-lit interior and is exceptional in preserving its original layout and Rococo decoration intact. The church and almost all its sculpture and paintings were created within a thirty-year period: construction began in 1725, the church was consecrated in 1743, and the last sculptural decoration was in place by 1755.
Sight 45: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Visitazione
The church of Santa Maria della Visitazione is a religious building in the city of Venice, located in the Dorsoduro district.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Visitazione (Venezia) (IT)
Sight 46: Chiesa di San Trovaso
San Trovaso is a church in the sestiere or neighborhood of Dorsoduro in Venice, northern Italy.
Sight 47: Chiesa degli Ognissanti
Sight 48: Chiesa di San Sebastian
San Sebastiano is a church in Dorsoduro, Veneto. It contains a considerable part of Paolo Veronese's life's work. There are also sculptures by Alessandro Vittoria in the church, as well as Veronese's tomb on the left in front of the side altar.
Sight 49: San Raffaele Arcangelo
The Chiesa dell'Angelo Raffaele is a church in Venice, northern Italy, located in the Dorsoduro sestiere. San Raffaele Arcangelo church is one of the only two churches in Venice that are possible to walk all around. It is located in Dorsoduro neighbourhood, close to San Basilio water bus stop.
Sight 50: San Nicolò dei Mendicoli
San Nicolò dei Mendicoli is a church, which is located in the sestiere of Dorsoduro in Venice.
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