Piazza San Marco:
Lois at the Basilica di San Marco
More of the marble facade
detail from the facade
still more marble facade
Facade of the Doge's Palace
(Look familiar, Old South fans?)
Campanile di San Marco and
Doge's Palace from bell tower of San Giorgia Maggiore. Despite
some mist, you can see north straight across Venice and the northern
lagoon to the mainland.
Inner courtyard of the Doge's Palace
Lois and the Ponte dei Sospiri
(Bridge of Sighs) connecting the Doge's Palace with the prison. (This
was the route taken by prisoners after conviction, and 19th century
romantics named it for the sounds they imagined were uttered.
Most likely it was known in the Doge's days as the Bridge of Colorful
Protestations of Innocence.)
Campanile di San Marco from the
Canal Grande. This particular campanile is more or less a copy of the
16th century original, which collapsed in 1902.
North across Venice from the
Campanile
Doge's Palace from the Campanile
long-suffering spouse from the Campanile
San Giorgio Maggiore:
from across the Canale di San Marco
on a rainy evening, with vaporetto
from the Campanile di San Marco
Santa Maria della Salute:
from across the entrance to the
Canal Grande, on a rainy evening
from the Campanile di San Marco
up close, but unfortunately
closed for a long lunch
not everybody minds a long lunch
around the Canal Grande:
David at the entrance to the
Galleria dell' Accademia
looking east down the Canal
Grande, with Santa Maria della Salute on the right
Ponte di Rialto, specially
cleared of tourists for this photo
Ponte di Rialto from the more
auspicious vantage of a vaporetto
Many religious and secular heroes
are honored in Venice. Here, locals have named a humble alleyway in
honor of one of nearby Croatia's most famous sons. (Perhaps the
term "grandfather" is actually more appropriate than "son" at this
time.
our hotel (pinkish, with what
appears to be a tent on the roof). Our room was on the right on the
second row, with a tiny balcony. This was Vivaldi's house from 1716
to 1738, but the plumbing has been upgraded. Great view!
The islands of the lagoon:
flowers for sale on the
glass-making island of Murano
houses on the lace-making island
of Burano
11th century campanile of the
Cattedrale di Torcello (which dates in (small) part from 639).
church and island of Torcello,
from the bell tower
bell in the bell tower
Isola San Servolo (in the
middle distance) from the bell tower of San Giorggio Maggiore. San
Servolo is the island where I slaved away teaching for a week after
Lois left. In the background is Lido, and behind that (barely
visible) the Adriatic. San Servolo is fortunately larger than shown
in this photograph, but not that large. (My jogging partner Nolan
Wallach did laps of the island in 4:06, and we were able to maintain
an average under four minutes.)
Luka Pandzic (taken with a Palm Pilot)
