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From the Frari to San Barnaba: Painters, Punches and Players
The wars of fists and the murder of 1779 connect entertainment, violence and scandal in the places along the walk.
Pleasures, Festivals and Scandals in Venice: audio walks
What did the city of pleasure allow, tolerate or hunt down?
3 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
Explore these walksFestivals, pleasures and scandals offer a Venice defined by what it tolerated and what it pursued. These walks connect entertainment, rules and particular lives, without reducing the city to an image of limitless freedom. They ask who could enjoy what, and what happened when a story crossed the boundaries of what was accepted.
In “From the Frari to San Barnaba”: The wars of fists and the murder of 1779 connect entertainment, violence and scandal in the places along the walk.
In “The Doge's Palace from Outside”: Stories of the Leads prison bring the theme to the limits of freedom under the Republic's government.
In “San Polo and Santa Croce”: You carry on past the millet granaries that gave a doge his nickname, and the house of Marin Sanudo, the man who wrote everything down.
Choose from 3 independent walks in Venice. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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The Doge's Palace from Outside: Conspiracies, Prisons and Casanova
Stories of the Leads prison bring the theme to the limits of freedom under the Republic's government.
San Polo and Santa Croce: Courtesans, Turks and Runaway Lovers
You carry on past the millet granaries that gave a doge his nickname, and the house of Marin Sanudo, the man who wrote everything down.
Venice, before you go
In Venice, the shortest way depends on finding a bridge. Set off lightly loaded, in good shoes, with patience for the detours the water imposes.
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