Videocrux - Venice

#Videocrux - Venice Venice
A journey through Venice exploring its rich culture and beautiful architecture
Venice, the City of Light, in northern Italy, is the capital of the region Veneto
The city stretches across 118 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.
Basilica San Marco, the cathedral church of Venice, is the most famous of the city's churches
It is the best known examples of Byzantine architecture. The first St Mark's was a temporary building in the Doge’s Palace, constructed in 828, when Venetian merchants stole the supposed relics of Saint Mark the Evangelist from Alexandria. This was replaced by a new church on its present site in 832; from the same century dates the first St Mark's Campanile (bell tower). The new church was burned in a rebellion in 976, rebuilt in 978 and again to form the basis of the present basilica since 1063. The basilica was consecrated in 1094.
The Bridge of Sighs is made of white limestone and has windows with stone bars
It passes over the Rio di Palazzo and connects the old prisons to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It was designed by Antoni Contino, and built in 1602.
Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo has a status of a minor Basilica
Known in the Venetian dialect as San Zanipolo, is a church in Venice, northern Italy. One of the largest churches in the city, it has the status of a minor basilica. A huge brick edifice built in the Italian Gothic style, it is the principal Dominican church of Venice, and as such was built for preaching to large congregations. It is dedicated to John and Paul, not the Biblical Apostles of the same names, but two obscure martyrs of the Early Christian church in Rome, whose names were recorded in the 3rd century but whose legend is of a later date.
Gondola, is now used mainly for romantic sightseeing
Once used as a shuttle for short trips to cross the Grand Canal, and for rowing races.The gondola is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian Lagoon. Gondolas were for centuries the chief means of transportation within Venice and still have a role in public transport, serving as traghetti (ferries) over the Grand Canal. They are also used in special Regattas (rowing races) held amongst gondoliers. Their primary role, however, is to carry tourists on rides at established prices.
Gritti Palace built in 1400, passed from the Dandolos to the Gritti family
Palazzo Dandolo is a palace in Venice which, in 1536, was passed by a deed of sale. It was built in 1400.
Rialto is an area of the San Polo sestiere, known for its markets and for the Rialto Bridge
The area was settled by the ninth century, when a small area in the middle of the Realtine Islands either side of the Rio Businiacus was known as the Rivoaltus, the "high bank". Soon, the Businiacus became known as the Grand Canal, and the district became the Rialto, referring only to the area on the left bank. The market grew, both as a retail and as a wholesale market.
Lot of small cafes to quench hunger

Cross section linking major lanes

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