Highlights of Italy and Sicily

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St. Marks and the Bell Tower. Venice.

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Early morning, the police are already out in the square.

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Early morning, the gondolas are still on the canals.

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Loading in supplies with the barges. All goods to Venice have to come in by boat and all waste and other discards go out by boat.

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The Italian flag flies from one of the government offices on St. Marks Square.

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Gateway to the Venice Lagoon. Statues of the Winged Lion and Neptune (or Posiden)

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Doge's Palace, Venice The Doge's Palace, Venice, has façades which date from 1309-1424

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Doge's Palace This upper storey is faced with white and rose-coloured marble, resembling ornate windows and finished with a lace-like parapet of oriental cresting.

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Ceiling of the Doge's Palace entry room

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Renovation on one of the sculptures in the Doge's Palace

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Gold guilded ceiling in the Doge's Palace.

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Doges’ Palace served as the official residence in Venice of the doges, who were the elected officials of the former Venetian Republic. Originally built in 814, it was burned by the populace in 976, reconstructed, damaged by a second fire and then completed in the early 1400’s. This Gothic-style palace was a showplace for the artistry, architecture and craftsmanship of the day.

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Mosaic on the entrance to the Doge's Palace

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Reheating the glass before blowning in the glass factory.

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Shaping the glob of glass before blowing the bottle at the Murano Glass factory.

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Some of the glassware that is sold at the Murano glass factory.

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A chandelier of Murano Glass at the factory.

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Some of the masks produced in glass at the Murano Glass factory.

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Continuing tour of the canals.

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Home of Vivaldi, composer.

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