DORSODURO

There are a series of museums on Dorsoduro ranging from the Gallery of the Accademia to the Guggenheim and François Pinault foundations. The Zattere is also one of Venice’s favoured spots for a...

RICHARD WAGNER

Richard Wagner dearly loved the city, staying here often and indeed dying here. A walk through those places often visited by him, from the Hotel Danieli to his final resting place, via Saint...

ARMENIANS IN VENICE

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 GALLERIES OF THE ACCADEMIA

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...

NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

Houses an important collection of classical sculpture, notably Greek, in marble and bronze, also inscriptions, a fine collection of Roman coins and pottery, and Egyptian and Assyro-Babylonian...