Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy

The Doge's Palace or Palazzo Ducale, begun 1340 and built in Venetian Gothic style, on the Piazzetta San Marco, between the Piazza San Marco and the Venetian lagoon, Venice, Italy. The palace has 2 arcades with 14th and 15th century capitals and sculptures, and a loggia above with a decorative brickwork facade. It was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Republic of Venice, until the Napoleonic occupation in 1797, and is now a museum. To the right is the Column of San Marco, with a statue of St Mark the evangelist in the form of a winged lion, 12th century, by Nicolo Barattieri. In the distance is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, a 16th century Benedictine church designed by Andrea Palladio in Renaissance style and built 1566-1610, on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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