A jewel of a city audaciously built on 118 tiny islands and a network of waterways, Venice is an imperiled treasure that stubbornly endures. Due to the plodding geological shifts of the continents ...

Soar above the serene island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, where the stunning Benedictine ... This aerial view captures the harmony of Renaissance architecture set against gondolas and ...

That’s right, we can thank horses for our heels! Worn in the 16th century, particularly by women in Renaissance Venice, chopines were a type of platformed shoe that could reach as high as a ...

Located in the northern part of Venice, the Cannaregio neighborhood was home to the first Jewish ghetto, designated in 1500's. Today, the area is filled with Renaissance-era synagogues and the ...

An essential part of the ‘Venice and its Lagoon’ site, inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1987, the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana shares many of UNESCO’s commitments, such as preserving ...

Churches hung with Renaissance art masterpieces. A canal view down every street. Gondolas weaving their way between ferries and transport barges. Sunset on the lagoon. Venice is everyone's dream city.

The wealth accumulated by Venice’s trade with the East helped to fuel an enormous outburst of cultural creativity during the Italian Renaissance (c. 1300 - 1600). Venice abounded in world-class art, ...