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Venice

  • Venetian: Venexia
  • Italian: Venezia
  • UNESCO World Heritage Name: Venice and its Lagoon
  • Type: City

The sun had set behind the Euganean hills, great purple clouds hung in the sky over Venice. The tower of St Mark's, the domes of Sta Maria, and the forest of spires and minarets that rise from all parts of Venice, were drawn in black outline against the burnished horizon. The sky passed, by an admirable gradation, from cherry red to enamelled blue; and the water, calm and limpid as a glass, gave back the exact reflection of this immense iridescence. Nearer the town the lagoon was like a vast mirror of bronze. Never had I seen Venice so lovely and so fairy-like. Georges Sand

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Places
Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice
  • Sight
  • TC
Fondamenta Dandolo Castello 6363
Basilica of San Marco
  • Sight
  • 1001 Bld
  • 1001 Hist
  • TC
328 Piazza San Marco
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
  • Sight
  • 1001 Bld
  • TC
7 Piazza San Marco Grand Canal
Bridge of Sighs
  • Sight
  • 1001 Hist
  • WGB
View from Ponte della Paglia on Riva degli Schivoni Spans the Rio di Palazzo connecting the Doge's prison and E side of the main palace
Ca' d'Oro
  • Sight
  • 1001 Bld
  • TC
3932 Fondamenta Trapolin
Church of San Giorgio Maggiore
  • Sight
  • WHLc
Doge's Palace
  • Sight
  • 1001 Hist
  • TC
1 Piazza San Marco
Gallerie dell'Accademia
  • Visit
  • TC
  • 1000 Mu
Campo della Carita Dorsoduro
Grand Canal
  • Sight
  • TC
Near the Santa Lucia Railway Station to San Marco Basin
Hotel Danieli
  • Lodging
  • Sight
Sestiere Castello 4196 Riva degli Schiavoni, Calle de le Rasse
Hotel Excelsior Venice
  • Lodging
  • Sight
41 Lungomare Guglielmo Marconi Via Morosini
Il Redentore
  • Sight
  • 1001 Bld
Campo del Santissimo Redentore Redentore, Sestiere Dorsoduro, Giudecca, 30133
Jewish Cemetery Lido
  • Sight
Riviera S Nicolo Via Cipro
Mercerie, Venice
  • Activity
  • Sight
Area from the Rialto Bridge to St Mark's Sq
Palazzi Barbaro, Venice
  • Sight
  • WHLc
  • 1001 DA
Sotoportego Barbaro Grand Canal
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
  • Visit
701 Dorsoduro Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Dorsoduro
Piazza San Marco
  • Sight
  • TC
N of San Marco Basin
Residenze des Bains
  • Sight
17 Lungomare Guglielmo Marconi Granviale Santa Maria Elisabetta
Rialto Bridge
  • Sight
  • 1001 Hist
Rio San Mauro y Pontinellio, Burano
  • Activity
  • Sight
  • 1000 Ped
via Fondamenta degli Assassini, Fondamenta di Cao Moleca and Fondamenta Pontinellio
Riva Degli Schiavoni
  • Sight
  • TC
Grand Canal, San Marco Basin
San Martino, Burano
  • Sight
Northern Italy
Santa Maria dei Miracoli
  • Sight
  • 1001 Bld
Santa Maria della Salute
  • Sight
  • 1001 Bld
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
  • Sight
  • TC
  • 1001 DA
Campo dei Frari San Polo 3072
Scuola Grande di San Rocco
  • Sight
  • 1001 Hist
  • TC
Campo S Polo, Sestieri of San Polo
Teatro La Fenice
  • Sight
Campo San Fantin Calle Fenice
Venetian Arsenal
Central Castello di Venezia, 30122 Venice
Venetian Jewish Ghetto
  • 1001 Hist
Campo de Ghetto Novo, Cannaregio

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1816/12/00 Lord Byron Home Lord Byron moves into Mocenigo Palace on the Grand Canal, with 14 servants, 2 monkeys, a fox and two mastiff dogs.
1818/11/00 Lord Byron Author In late 1818, Lord Byron composes the first songs of "Don Juan" in the Mocenigo Palace. Don Juan (poem)
1929/08/19 Sergei Diaghilev Died Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev dies of diabetes in Venice, Italy. His is buried on the island of San Michele, near to the grave of Stravinsky, in the Orthodox section.

Eat and Drink »

FoodTypeDescription
FoodTypeDescription
Spritz Veneziano Cocktail Spreetz, as Venetians call it.



Data »

Particulars for Venice:
Celebration Carnival Festival
Locale Type City
Era Medieval Europe
Cultural Affiliation Republic of Venice



Vicinage »

VicinageTypeAsNotedIn
Burano, IT Island
Cannaregio Sestiere
Castello di Venezia Sestiere
Dorsoduro Sestiere
Giudecca Island
Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore Island
Lido di Venezia Island
San Polo di Venezia Sestiere
Sestiere of San Marco Sestiere
Sestiere of Santa Croce Sestiere
Torcello Island

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
A Venetian Night's Entertainment (Short Story) Short Story
Edith Wharton VENICE! The name, since childhood, had been a magician's wand to him.
A Wicked Voice (short story) Short Story
Vernon Lee It was a breathless evening under the full moon, that implacable full moon beneath which, even more than beneath the dreamy splendor of noon-tide, Venice seemed to swelter in the midst of the waters, exhaling, like some great lily, mysterious influences,
Brideshead Revisited (book) Novel Evelyn Waugh "Brideshead Revisited" is set in Venice, Italy, c 1930
Death in Venice (book) Mezzobula Thomas Mann "Death in Venice" is set in Venice, Italy.
Don't Look Now Film Nicolas Roeg "Don't Look Now" was shot in Chiesa di San Nicolo dei Mendicoli, Campo San Nicolo, Dorsoduro, Venice
Don't Look Now Film Nicolas Roeg "Don't Look Now" was shot in the Hotel La Fenice et des Artistes, 1936 San Marco, Campiello della Fenice, Venice
Don't Look Now Film Nicolas Roeg "Don't Look Now" was shot in San Stae, Campo San Stae, Santa Croce, Venice.
Don't Look Now Film Nicolas Roeg "Don't Look Now" was shot in Santa Maria Formosa, Castello, Venice.
Don't Look Now Film Nicolas Roeg "Don't Look Now" was shot in Hotel Gabrielli Sandwirth, Riva degli Schiavoni 4110, Castello, 30122 Venice
Don't Look Now Film Nicolas Roeg "Don't Look Now" interiors for Baxters' suite were shot in The Bauers Venezia, S Marco 1459, Venezia
Don't Look Now (book) Book Daphne Du Maurier The beauty of Venice rose before them, sharply outlined against the glowing sky, and there was still so much to see....
How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear (Short Story) Short Story
Arthur Conan Doyle
Italian Hours (book) Travelogue Henry James
La biondina in gondoletta (song) Song
"La biondina in gondoletta" is a Traditional Italian song from the city of Venice.
Risico (short story) Short Story
Ian Fleming Scattering 1000-lira notes like leaves in Vallombrosa, James Bond seeks, at Harry's Bar, at Florian's and finally upstairs in the Quadri, to establish to anyone that he is what he wished to appear to the girl-a prosperous writer who lived high and well.
Senso Film Luchino Visconti Senso is set in Venice, Italy, 1866
The Aspern Papers (book) Mezzobula Henry James Their name had been mixed up ages before with one of the greatest names of the century, and they lived now in Venice in obscurity, on very small means, unvisited, unapproachable, in a dilapidated old palace on an out-of-the-way canal.
The City of Falling Angels (book) Dissertation
John Berendt
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice Book
Wilkie Collins The Haunted Hotel is set in the Palace Hotel, Venice
The Story of Salome (short story) Short Story Amelia B Edwards Not one of them worthy to be named in the same breath with my imperial Venetian. Come with me to the Merceria and be convinced. By taking a gondola to St Mark's Place we shall be there in a quarter of an hour.
Venice (book) Travelogue
Venice Across the Basin of San Marco Painting Francesco Guardi

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