The Palazzo Ducale dominates the view as your vaporetto approaches the San Marco stop. The huge building is an example of Venetian Gothic architecture, all pointed arches and quatrefoils. It’s hard to believe that two prisons lie within its bulk, with a third inside the pristine white building alongside it. Tourists might be the only […]

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