Museum · San Marco, Venice, Veneto
Doge's Palace
Palazzo Ducale
The Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale) is the former residence of the Doge and seat of the Venetian Republic's government in the San Marco district of Venice, now a civic museum.
Where it is
45.4342, 12.3403
Why go
The Doge's Palace is the Gothic palace that housed the Doge, the Venetian Republic's highest magistrate, and its government; today it is a museum run by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (MUVE). The museum's history page says the Italian State owns the building, that in 1923 the State appointed the City Council to manage it as a public museum, and that it joined the Civic Museums of Venice network in 1996. Its visitor information page names the Porta del Frumento on Piazzetta San Marco as the public entrance, and says the St Mark's Square Museums ticket also covers the Museo Correr, the National Archaeological Museum and the Monumental Rooms of the Marciana National Library. The same page describes the Secret Itineraries and the Doge's Hidden Treasures as guided tours by reservation only.
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Church
St Mark's Basilica
St Mark's Basilica (Basilica di San Marco) is the cathedral church of Venice, on St Mark's Square in the San Marco district.
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Museum
Museo Correr
The Museo Correr is a civic museum on St Mark's Square in Venice, in the Napoleonic Wing and part of the Procuratie Nuove, founded on the collection Teodoro Correr left to the city.
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Bridge
Rialto Bridge
The Rialto Bridge (Ponte di Rialto) is a single-arch bridge across the Grand Canal in Venice, one of the four bridges that cross the canal.
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Gallery
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a museum of twentieth-century European and North American art in Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Peggy Guggenheim's former home on the Grand Canal in Venice's Dorsoduro district.
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