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Palazzo Mocenigo is home of the Museum of Textiles and Costumes. Quite interesting.

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Next we went to San Polo

Last supper by Tintoretto

In an anteroom is Oratory of the Crucifix by Giandomenico Tiepolo

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Amorino has outlets all over Europe, it was my favourite in Spain and France and in enjoy it in Germany. I was sceptical in Italy as something told me I wouldnīt enjoy it so much. The ice cream as far as I know from France.

To be honest it wasnīt the best visit for me and Amorino. Sure, the ice cream isnīt bad but compared to some of the gelatos I had the days before it was not that great. Itīs fine in Germany, France or Spain but not in Italy

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San Giovanni Elemosinario is a church from the 16th century. The painting at the high altar is from Titian.

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San Giacomo di Rialto is an interesting church. No, itīs not the most beautiful but it shall be the oldest church in the city.

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Rialto bridge is without question the most famous bridge in Venice.

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Basilica San Marco is the most famous church in Venice and of course we visited. First itīs not that easy to visit as the church was many time closed during our visit. As we heared of Long lines and we werenīt able to buy fast lane tickets via Internet we booked a guided tour. One time the tour was changed due to an unexpected closure of the church…..
The facade:



After we met the tour guide we were able to enter the basilica through the fast lane. The antehall:

The tour started at the sanctuary.







The mosaics at the church are impressive, really a very special building. View from the nave:



After the tour we went to the museum on the first floor. There are views inside the church:




The famous horses:



Views from the terrace:

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I once visited Venice for (only) a day a few years back to break up a journey from the Slovenian coast to Germany, and never managed to visit San Marco from the inside. I never knew that it would resemble so much a Byzantine/Orthodox church in its interior! I didn't expect that at all. Thanks again for the trip report!

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San Marco is indeed hard to visit and quite unusual for Italy, also there are some similarities to churches in Ravenna. Some say model was the (former) Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.

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After San Marco we wanted to explore the lagune a little bit. First stop should be San Michele, the cemetry island.

San Michele in Isola, the church was unfortunately closed during our visit.

The cloister of San Michele in Isola

We only saw a small part of the Island and especially not the modern part. We saw different kinds of graves.

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Next we took the waterbus to Murano, the glass Island.

While Murano was a center of the glass industry in the past today only few factories still produce at Murano. Also you must be careful in many of the around 100 glas-shops on Murano and (a few more) in Venice. Many donīt sell "real" Murano-glass, they sell cheap fakes from China as "Murano-glass" is not a protected destination of orgin.
We did a walk through the streets, here some impressions:

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To be honest I had no intention to eat gelato/ ice cream at Murano as I was very sceptical. In the end I bought one.


It was surprisingly good!

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San Pietro Martire is one of the 2 noteworthy churches on Murano. They have works by Bellini and Tintoretto.



The walls of zhe sacristy are covered by wood.

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Basilica di Santi Maria e Donato is the second important church on Murano. This is the less impressive facase (didnīt took a picture from the water).

Inside itīs famous for the mosaics on the floor.