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During the late thirteenth century, Venice was the most prosperous city in all of Europe. |
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Venezia from San Giorgio Maggiore Island |
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The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The name comes from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice out the window before being taken down to their cells. Or a sigh of relief from not having to clean up the pigeon crap. |
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| A local legend says that lovers will be assured eternal love if they kiss on a gondola at sunset under the bridge. | |||
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The canals of Venice are its
streets. |
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The Venetian canals and their gondolas provide one of the world's most romantic experiences, and screams "TOURIST"!!! | ||
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Merchant of Venice |
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Basilica di San Marco a Venezia, is the most famous of
the city's churches and one of the best known examples of
Byzantine architecture. It lies on St Marks Square.
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| Piazza San Marco, principal square of
Venice, and famous for its pigeons. Go shower !! |
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The Canal Grande in Venice.
Water buses and private water taxis, but NEVER by gondola.
This is a view out the hotel window. |
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Venice
mausoleum |
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Canal Apartments |
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Another view of the Grand Canal |
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Basilica seen from the water |
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Our room, taken already. |
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Click the blue coyote paw to track back to the wall |
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