Step Into History
Walk Venice in 1200
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Step Into History · City walk
Venetia at the Maritime Height, 1200
Venetia in 1200 is a compact maritime republic whose wealth and politics are already written on its waterfront — basilicas and palaces beside wooden quays and crowded shipyards. The walk moves from the lagoon approach past St Mark's glittering new mosaics, along the Rialto market and wooden bridge, through merchant quarters and the Arsenal, and ends with a wide view over the lagoon and mast-filled harbour.
33 scenes — 21 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Venice as it stood in 1200 (“Republic of Venice”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Lido Approach
- 2. Bacino di San Marco
- 3. Riva degli Schiavoni
- 4. Piazzetta San Marco
- 5. Basilica of San Marco
- ↳ Marble Nave and Mosaic Vaults · interior
- ↳ Treasury of St Mark · interior
- 6. Piazza San Marco
- 7. Doge's Palace Exterior
- ↳ Ducal Audience Hall · interior
- ↳ Ceremonial Palace Stair · interior
- 8. Quay by the Palace
- 9. Arsenale Entrance
- ↳ Shipwrights' Long Sheds · interior
- 10. Arsenal Docks
- ↳ Galley Construction Yard · interior
- 11. Castello Quayside
- 12. Campo Santa Maria Formosa
- ↳ Notary's Office · interior
- 13. Campo San Polo
- ↳ Butchers' Guildhall · interior
- 14. Rialto Bridge
- 15. Campo San Giacomo
- 16. Rialto Market
- ↳ Covered Fish Market Hall · interior
- 17. Fondaco of the Merchants
- ↳ Ground Trading Hall · interior
- 18. La Merceria
- ↳ Silk Merchant's Vaulted Shop · interior
- 19. Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo
- ↳ Dominican Choir and Cloister · interior
- 20. Calle of Small Traders
- 21. Campanile di San Marco