Step Into History
Walk Venice in 1740
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Step Into History · City walk
Canaletto's Venice, 1740
This walk visits Venice at the height of its eighteenth‑century spectacle, when state pageantry, masked carnival and daily commerce animate palaces and canals. Expect bright, clear light, the public Bucintoro at the Molo, regattas on the Grand Canal, crowded markets at Rialto and music coming from the Ospedale della Pietà.
35 scenes — 23 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Venice as it stood in 1740 (“Canaletto”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. San Giorgio Maggiore
- 2. Bacino di San Marco
- 3. Il Molo
- 4. Piazza San Marco
- ↳ Basilica Nave and Mosaics · interior
- ↳ Caffè Florian Saloon · interior
- 5. La Piazzetta
- 6. Riva degli Schiavoni
- 7. Palazzo Ducale
- ↳ Great Council Hall · interior
- 8. Bridge of Sighs
- 9. Rialto Bridge
- 10. Rialto Market
- ↳ Mask-maker's Workshop · interior
- 11. Fondaco dei Tedeschi
- ↳ Fondaco Counting Hall · interior
- 12. Grand Canal
- ↳ Waterfront Palazzo Salon · interior
- 13. Campo San Polo
- 14. Campo Santa Margherita
- 15. Scuola San Rocco
- ↳ Scuola Albergo Hall · interior
- 16. Santa Maria della Salute
- ↳ Salute Dome Nave · interior
- 17. Punta della Dogana
- 18. Le Zattere
- 19. Ospedale della Pietà
- ↳ Pietà Concert Hall · interior
- 20. Il Ridotto
- ↳ Ridotto Gaming Salon · interior
- 21. Ghetto Nuovo
- ↳ Great German Scola · interior
- 22. Arsenale
- ↳ Arsenale Shipwright Shed · interior
- 23. Campanile di San Marco