home click highlighted hovered text for more info, see help

Venice UNESCO world heritage sites

Venice north

Labia Palace on Campo San Geremia
Built from Istria stone in the 17th century, this palace is characterised by three fassades that are decorated with eagles, from which one can see the Canale Grande.
Ca' d'Oro at Fondamenta Trapolin, 3932
The palace was built between 1428 and 1430 for the Contarini family, who provided Venice with eight Doges between 1043 and 1676.
Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli on Campiello dei Miracoli
Also known as the "marble church", it is one of the best examples of the early Venetian Renaissance including colored marble, a false colonnade on the exterior walls (pilasters), and a semicircular pediment.
Great School of San Marco at Campo dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, 6777
While decorated with the polished marble elements of Renaissance classicism, the proliferation of arches and niches adds a retrogressive Byzantine flavor, an architectural feature of many conservative Venetian styles.
Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo at Castello, 6363
The huge brick edifice was designed in the Italian Gothic style, and completed in the 1430s. It is the principal Dominican church of Venice, and as such was built to hold large congregations.
Rialto Bridge on Sestiere San Polo
Built in the closing years of the 16th century, the Rialto Bridge is the oldest bridge across the canal and is renowned as an architectural and engineering achievement of the Renaissance.

Venice south

Church of St Zacharia at Campo San Zaccaria, 4693
The facade is a harmonious Venetian mixture of late-Gothic and Renaissance styles.
Church of Saint George the Greater at Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore
The church is a basilica in the classical renaissance style and its brilliant white marble gleams above the blue water of the lagoon opposite the Piazzetta and forms the focal point of the view from every part of the Riva degli Schiavoni.
Bridge of Sighs at Piazza San Marco, 1
The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison (Prigioni Nuove) to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace.
Doge's Palace at Piazza San Marco, 1
The Doge's Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale; Venetian: Palaso Dogal) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Republic of Venice.
Saint Mark's Basilica at Piazza San Marco, 328
It is the most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture.
St Mark's Square at Piazza San Marco
St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza ("the Square").
Basilica of Holy Mary of Health at Dorsoduro, 1
In 1630, Venice experienced an unusually devastating outbreak of the plague. As a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the pestilence, the Republic of Venice vowed to build and dedicate a church to Our Lady of Health (or of Deliverance, Italian: Salute).
Ca' Rezzonico at Dorsoduro, 3136
It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displays paintings by the leading Venetian painters of the period, including Francesco Guardi and Giambattista Tiepolo.
Great School of San Rocco at S. Polo, 3052
It is noted for its collection of paintings by Tintoretto, generally agreed to include some of his finest work.
Church of the Friars Minor at Calle del Scaleter, 3072
The imposing edifice is built of brick, and is one of the city's three notable churches built in the Italian Gothic style.