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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 179 attractions in Venice

Blending the architectural styles of East and West, Venice's magnificent basilica was consecrated in 832 AD as an ecclesiastical building to house the remains of St. Mark.

Attraction type: Historic site; Landmark/point of interest; Religious site; Architectural building; Art gallery
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #2 of 179 attractions in Venice

San Marco is breathtakingly beautiful: hundreds of pigeons everywhere, which is also of concern due to all of the centuries-old architecture and art work (background for pigieons? could be worse both...

Attraction type: Town center/square/plaza; Landmark/point of interest
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 179 attractions in Venice
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 179 attractions in Venice

Known for its brightly colored houses & for its lace, Burano is a treat for the senses.

Attraction type: Neighborhood; Specialty shop; Historic walking area; Island; Historic home
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #5 of 179 attractions in Venice

Here you will find some of the beautiful works from the painter Tintoretto.

Attraction type: Art gallery; Educational site; Historic home; Historic site; Religious site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 179 attractions in Venice

The most impressive secular building in Venice, this palace served as the senate house, administrative center, hall of justice, public archive and prison up until the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797.

Attraction type: Castle; Landmark/point of interest; Architectural building; Historic home; Historic site; Museum; Art gallery
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 179 attractions in Venice

Venice's main water thoroughfare, lined with great Renaissance palaces, is a colorful and busy spectacle of gondolas and vaporetti.

Attraction type: Waterway
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #8 of 179 attractions in Venice

Immerse yourself in Venice's Age of Decadence with a visit to this lavish palace of the Venetian aristocracy Rezzonico, which houses an unsurpassed collection of eighteenth-century Venetian art.

Attraction type: History museum; Historic home; Historic site; Landmark/point of interest; Castle; Museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #9 of 179 attractions in Venice
Attraction type: Island
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #10 of 179 attractions in Venice
Attraction type: Jazz bar
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #11 of 179 attractions in Venice
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #12 of 179 attractions in Venice
Attraction type: Religious site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #13 of 179 attractions in Venice

A popular piazza in Venice's Dorsoduro district.

Attraction type: Town center/square/plaza
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #14 of 179 attractions in Venice
Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #15 of 179 attractions in Venice
Attraction type: Flea/street market
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #16 of 179 attractions in Venice

  Teatro La Fenice is the most important opera house and concert venue in Venice, with a history dating back to 1792.  It has been burnt down twice in its life, the last time in 20o3, but is now...

Attraction type: Theater; Opera
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #17 of 179 attractions in Venice
Attraction type: Architectural building; Castle; Art museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #18 of 179 attractions in Venice

Originally built in the mid-13th century, Santa Maria dei Frari (St. Mary of the Friars) houses many masterpieces of Venetian Renaissance art, notably Giovanni Bellini's triptych "Madonna and Child with Saints," and the "Pesaro Madonna" by Titian, who is buried in the church.

Attraction type: Religious site; Landmark/point of interest; Historic site
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #19 of 179 attractions in Venice
Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #20 of 179 attractions in Venice

This monumental marble mansion of the Grassi family on the Grand Canal, is now a world renowned art and history museum with a 600-seat garden theatre.

Attraction type: Art museum; History museum; Garden
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