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St Mark's Square: Basilica, Campanile and Bridge of Sighs
You enter Venice's drawing room by a café that opened in 1720, find out why the water reaches here before anywhere else, and meet whoever strikes the hours from the top of the clock tower.
Water, Plague and Vows in Venice: audio walks
How do you live on the water, and what vows did the city make to survive?
3 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
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Living on water required Venice to think about survival in particular ways. This theme connects water, plague and promises through walks about the city's crises and responses. It invites you to see places as part of a shared life: what people feared, what they asked for and what remained to keep those experiences in memory.
In “Legends and Crimes of Cannaregio”: Cannaregio is the district where Venetians live, and where they keep their stories.
In “St Mark's Square”: You enter Venice's drawing room by a café that opened in 1720, find out why the water reaches here before anywhere else, and meet whoever strikes the hours from the top of the clock tower.
In “From the Accademia to the Salute”: You round the Punta della Dogana beneath a figure of Fortune that shows which way the wind is blowing, and reach the Salute, a vow against the plague, and San Gregorio, where a slave hid a hero's skin.
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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Legends and Crimes of Cannaregio
Cannaregio is the district where Venetians live, and where they keep their stories.
From the Accademia to the Salute along the Zattere
You round the Punta della Dogana beneath a figure of Fortune that shows which way the wind is blowing, and reach the Salute, a vow against the plague, and San Gregorio, where a slave hid a hero's skin.
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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