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2. Monuments of Venice Shamira, Andrea, Tommaso, Matteo, Claudio

7. Church of Venice... Giorgia, Leila, Camilla, Nicole, Alessia

8. St. Mark's Basilica

13. Santa Maria della Salute

15. Museum and exibitions Anna, Jessica, Gloria, Elena, Marta

16. Ca Pesaro This is Ca’ Pesaro, a beautiful venetian palace. It was built between 1600 and 1700 for will of Pesaro Family on Baldassarre Longhena’s project. Now it’s the seat of Oriental Art Museum and Contemporary Art Gallery.

17. Ca’ Rezzonico This is Ca’ Rezzonico, one of the most famous venetian palaces. It was built in 1649 on Baldassarre Longhena’s project for will of Bon Family, but in 1682 it was abandoned because of Bon’s financial difficulties and Longhena’s death. Now It’s the seat of Venetian ‘700 Museum, which keeps pictures by Canaletto, Tintoretto and Tiepolo too.

18. Correr Museum This is Correr Museum, built with Teodoro Correr’s donations, dead in 1830. As time goes by collections increased and in 1898 the exhibition was transferred in the original seat of Correr Palace.

19. Glass Museum This is Glass Museum, which has seat in Giustinian Palace in Murano. It opened in 1861 to tell the history and the evolution of glass art in the centuries. The palace was Torcello’s bishop’s old residence before Torcello’s diocese was cancelled (1805).

20. Fortuny Museum This is Fortuny Museum, a gothic palace near St. Mark. It was built at the end of century XV and was inhabited by Pesaro Family until XVIII, before moving in Ca’ Pesaro. Then it became the seat of Orfei’s Philharmonic Academy. In century XX was bought by Marià Fortuny I de Madrazo, which takes its name from. When he died, his wife gave the palace to Venice (1956). Now it’s a place devoted to work in branches of visual comunications.

21. Natural Science Museum This is Natural Science Museum, which has seat in Fontego dei Turchi Palace. The palace was built in the first half of XIII century for will of Giacomo Palmieri, founder of Pesaro Family. In 1381 was bought by Venice Republic, who gave it to Ferrara’s marquis Nicolò V d’Este. Then it belonged to Serenissima Republic of Venice, to Aldobrandini, Priuli and Pesaro families and, from 1621 to 1838, to Turkish dealers.

22. Ca’ Mocenigo This is Ca’ Mocenigo, seat of the Museum and the Study Centre of History of Fabric and Costume since 1985. The palace was inhabit by Mocenigo Family since 1700. In 1945 the last descendant of Mocenigo Family, Alvise Nicolò, gave it to Venice so that was used as Art Gallery, to supplement Correr Museum.

23. Academy Galleries These are Academy Galleries, a museum in Venice which gathers the best collection of Venetian art (above all paintings by Giorgione, Giovanni Bellini, Tiziano, Tintoretto and Vittore Carpaccio). They were founded in 1750 and they bought paintings for educational and repairing purposes. With the fall of the Serenissima Republic and the plundering of churches, schools and palaces, these institutions were very important because they saved lots of paintings from dispersal. In 1807 the Academy moved from Fonteghetto della Farina to St Mary of Charity church and convent.

24. Centanni House This is Centanni House, best known as Carlo Goldoni’s House. It was built for will of Rizzo Family and, in XVI century, it was bought by Centanni Family, who made it the seat of an artistic-literary Academy. In 1914 some Venetians scholars and noblemen bought the palace to make it an Italian Dramatic Arts Museum. The project was stopped because of the war and when, in 1931, the palace was given to the Commune of Venice, they made it Goldonian Museum and a Theatrical Study Centre.

25. Peggy Guggenheim’s Museum This is Peggy Guggenheim’s Museum, a little museum situated on Grand Canal in Venier dei Leoni Palace. It gathers particularly Peggy Guggenheim’s art collection and paintings by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalì, René Magritte, Kandinsky, Bråncuşi, William Congdon, Pollock, Conrad Marca-Relli, Lucio Fontana, Afro Basaldella, Agostino Bonalumi ecc.

26. Historical Naval Museum This is Historical Naval Museum, situated in the Naval Dockyard. It was opened in 1923 together with the Technical Naval Museum in La Spezia. The museum gathers historical testimonies regarded navigation and in particular the Italian maritime history and the Venetian Navy. In 1964 the museum moved to the present building, a big five-storey building which once was one of the granaries of the Naval Dockyard.

27. Landmarks Barbara, Jenny, Federica, Giulia M., Giulia Z.

28. Piazza San Marco Piazza San Marco is probably the most famous place of Venice. From the medieval age it has always been treated as the centre of Venice. It was the location of all the important offices of the Venetian state, and has been the seat of the Archibishop since the 19th century.

29. Museo Correr This building was built between 1806-1814 during the Napoleonic era. The Museo Correr takes its name from Teodoro Correr (1750-1830), a passionate art collector who was a member of an old family of the Venetian aristocracy...

30. Ponte di Rialto Il Ponte di Rialto is considered as one of the main attraction of Venice. It is the oldest bridge across the Canal Grande. At the time of the development of Venice, there was no bridge between the two sides of Canal Grande. This was a big problem for the Establishment. To solve this problem, a pontoon bridge built in 1181 by Nicolò Barattieri...

31. Teatro La Fenice Teatro La Fenice appeared right from the start as the official theatre of the Venetian aristocracy. On 1st November 1789 a competition was announced to construct the Fenice Theatre. After long debate on nomination, Giannantonio Selva was selected to build the theatre. The theatre, with exemplary rapidity, was completed in April 1792.

32. Traditional events Mihaela, Consuelo, Giulia B, Roberta, Emy, Elisa.

33. Carnival Re-launched two decades ago, the CARNIVAL was immediately regarded both in Italy and abroad as an event not to be missed Venice Carnival is steeped in history, charm and tradition: its inhabitants and tourists alike have taken a keen interest in it, thanks to its mix of transgression, art, history and culture in one of the most unique cities in the world.

34. The Sensa Feast-day In previous centuries this holiday held an important role in the social and political life of Venice, which resulted in one of the most important and sumptuous celebrations, interweaving the legend, myth and history of the city. If, historically speaking, the SENSA is the result of an overlapping of civil and religious rites and events through the ages, today we prefer to give it the meaning of festivity of the Sea and therefore of a festivity of a city which draws its raison d'être from its relationship with the sea.