The Great Council Chamber
One of Europe's largest unsupported halls, holding Tintoretto's Paradise โ among the world's biggest paintings.
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Two to three hours: the route is long, through state rooms, apartments and prisons. Add time for the Correr Museum on the same ticket if you do it the same day.
A separately booked tour into the hidden administrative rooms and the roof cells Casanova escaped from. Worth it on a second visit or for story-lovers, but not essential first time.
The stories save it: the prisons, the Bridge of Sighs and Casanova's escape grip children more than gilded halls. Keep the prisons as the finale incentive.
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The Doge's Palace was the seat of the Venetian Republic for centuries: the Doge โ the elected head of state โ lived here, the Senate met here, sentences were passed here, and a maritime empire stretching from the Adriatic to Cyprus was run from these rooms. The building itself is a pink Gothic masterpiece standing on two tiers of arcades directly over the water. The interior is deliberately overwhelming โ gilded ceilings and vast canvases by Tintoretto and Veronese, designed so that every visiting ambassador left awed. The largest room, the Chamber of the Great Council, is among Europe's biggest unsupported halls, and carries Tintoretto's "Paradise", one of the largest oil paintings in the world. From the palace you cross the covered Bridge of Sighs into the old prisons โ named for the prisoner's sigh at his last glimpse of Venice through its small windows.
One of Europe's largest unsupported halls, holding Tintoretto's Paradise โ among the world's biggest paintings.
Pink arcades right over the water โ Venice's most famous front after the basilica.
You cross the covered bridge exactly as prisoners did, into the cells.
The ceremonial courtyard stair under Mars and Neptune, where Doges were crowned.
Piazza San Marco 1, 30124 Venice