Produktbeschreibung zu Venice

QUEEN OF THE LAGOON

Venice is a fragile work of art made up of bridges and canals, palazzi with crumbling plaster and churches in which golden mosaics shimmer next to precious Madonnas by Titian and Last Suppers by Tintoretto.

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BACKGROUND: Queen of the Lagoon
Facts
Population
Politics
Economy
Transport
The Lagoon of Venice
Is Venice Sinking?
Legendary Beginnings
3D: How Venice Was Built
Queen of the Adriatic
The Government of Venice
From the Fall of Venice to the Present
Romanesque and Byzantine Art
The Gothic Period
Renaissance
17th and 18th Centuries
Death in Venice
19th and 20th Centuries
Early Printing. PRACTICAL INFORMATION FROM A TO Z: Accommodation
Arrival
Before the Journey
Beaches
Children in Venice
Electricity
Emergency
Entertainment
Etiquette and Customs
Festivals, Holidays and Events
Madcap Days
Food and Drink
Liquid Shadows
Health
Information
Language
Literature
Media
Money
Opening Hours
Post and Communications
Prices and Discounts
Shopping
Sports
Theatre
Concerts
Time
Tours and Guides
Transport
Travellers with Disabilities
When To Go. TOURS: Out and About in Venice
Tour 1: Sestiere di San Marco
Tour 2: Sestiere di San Polo e Santa Croce
Tour 3: Cannaregio
Tour 4: Dorsoduro
Tour 5: By ferry to the lagoon
Trips. SIGHTS FROM A to Z: Arsenale
Basilica di San Marco
3D: St Marks Basilica
Burano
All About Lace
Canal Grande (Grand Canal)
Obscure Secrets
Ca dOro
Ca Pesaro
Ca Rezzonico (Museo del Settecento Veneziano)
Chioggia
Collezione Peggy Guggenheim
Fondaco dei Tedeschi
Fondaco dei Turchi Museo di Storia Naturale
Fondazione Querini-Stampalia
Gallerie dell'Accademia
I Gesuiti
Ghetto
Oldest Ghetto in the World
Giardini Pubblici
Biennial
La Giudecca
Islands in the Lagoon
Lido di Venezia
Littorale del Cavallino
Madonna dellOrto
Santa Maria dellOrto
Mercerie
Murano
Blown Jewel
Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo
Palazzo Ducale
3D: Doges Palacel
Palazzo Pesaro degli Orfei Museo Fortuny
Piazza San Marco
Ponte di Rialto
San Francesco della Vigna
San Giacomo dellOrio
San Giobbe
San Giorgio Maggiore
San Giovanni in Bragora
San Giovanni Crisostomo
San Nicolo da Tolentino
San Pietro di Castello
San Polo
San Sebastiano
San Trovaso
Santi Gervasio e Protasio
Queen of the Canals
San Zaccaria
Santa Maria Formosa
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari - Frari
Santa Maria dei Miracoli
Santa Maria della Salute
Santi Apostoli
Santi Giovanni e Paolo
San Zanipolo
Santo Stefano
Scuola Grande dei Carmini
Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni
Teatro La Fenice
Torcello. Index
List of Maps and Illustrations
Photo Credits
Publishers Information