The Serene Republic enjoyed a close partnership with Armenia since the Middle Ages, and the history of an intense relationship through the centuries can be reviewed in visits to the church of Santa...
The Serene Republic enjoyed a close partnership with Armenia since the Middle Ages, and the history of an intense relationship through the centuries can be reviewed in visits to the church of Santa...
In a thousand years of history Piazza San Marco has always represented the political, social and religious heart of the Republic. Leaving the Basilica of Saint Mark, the Palazzo Ducale, the Libreria...
Facing onto the Grand Canal, this palazzo was acquired in 2005 by François Pinault and completely restored in a minimalistic style by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando. The palazzo thus became an...
These are the principal islands of the North Lagoon. Murano is a miniature Venice, famous for its glassworks. We will visit one of these, and watch masters of glassworking in their factory. We go on...
Strolling the alleys of the city one comes across those places most visited by the most famous Russian visitors. Tchaichovsky was here and composed the Fourth Symphony, Aleksander Trubetzkoj owned...
The Rialto has always been at the commercial heart of Venice, also the area most frequented by the famous courtesans of Venice. The bridge links the quarters of San Marco and San Polo and offers a...
During the life of the Serene Republic there arose special institutions committed to caring for abandoned children, in which orphans were educated in music and song. A visit to the church of the...
On the island of Burano are to be found over two hundred precious examples of lace bearing witness to the development of the skill in the Venetian lagoon from the 16th century to the 20th. It is...
This is the largest collection of Venetian painting, where it is possible to see the greatest works of Venetian painters, from Byzantine panels by the masters of the 1300s, through the triumphant...