Palazzo Ducale, Grand Canal, Venice, Italy
Doge's Palace or Palazzo Ducale (right), begun 1340 and built in Venetian Gothic style, with gondolas moored, and left, the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, or National Library of St Mark's, built in Renaissance style in 1537-53 by Jacopo Sansovino, then extended by Vincenzo Scamozzi in 1588, on the Piazzetta San Marco, Venice, Veneto, Italy. In the foreground are the columns of San Todaro and San Marco, with statues of the Byzantine saint San Teodoro Amasea and St Mark the evangelist in the form of a winged lion, 12th century, by Nicolo Barattieri. 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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