On Saturday and Sunday 9/21-22/02, I went to city of Venice, famous for it's canals, because really it's just a bunch of little islands linked together by bridges.

(22K) 648 x 367	A view approaching Venice on a Ferry	(24K) 621 x 432	Santa Maria della Salute (of health)
(20K) 576 x 539	St. Mark's square seen from the Ferry	(21K) 287 x 648	A typical venice "road"
(38K) 484 x 556	The bridge of sighs	(32K) 529 x 504	Side view of St. Mark's Basilica
(39K) 547 x 648	Facade of St. Mark's	(33K) 648 x 402	Interior of the Basilica
(30K) 648 x 627	Detail of the side	(19K) 434 x 648	The Campanile (Bell tower) in Piazza San Marco
(34K) 648 x 345	Piazza San Marco as seen from the Basilica (looking West)	(41K) 648 x 336	Detail of a Mosaic on the Facade - The raising of Lazareth
(33K) 648 x 434	View of the Square looking South	(33K) 546 x 576	Famous (and great) view of Santa Maria della Salute at the mouth of the Grand Canal
(23K) 574 x 438	Inside the Academia Art Museum	(36K) 493 x 648	The name of the street is "Underpass of the Priests"
(18K) 576 x 298	St. Mark's Square at night	(32K) 489 x 648	Madonna dell'Orto, nearby where I stayed the night.
(25K) 349 x 648	Santa Maria dei Miracoli - besides the beautiful marble has a venerated picture of the Virgen and Child believed to be miraculous.	(35K) 504 x 508	Side view of Santi Giovanni and Paulo
(30K) 504 x 591	Front entrance to the Church of the Apostles John & Paul	(26K) 432 x 645	Interior of Giovanni e Paolo
(29K) 387 x 648	Close-up of the high altar	(42K) 478 x 648	Beautiful Polyptych, with St. Vincent Ferrer in middle (behind the glare) flanked by St. Christopher and St. Sebastian
(32K) 450 x 648	San Salvatore, where I celebrated Mass Sunday morning	(33K) 576 x 526	Interior of San Salvatore
(22K) 648 x 257	Taking a Vaparetto - the "water bus" through the Grand Canal one can see all the "traffic"	(28K) 720 x 366	The famous Ponte di Rialto (Rialto Bridge) was the only bridge over the Grand Canal for over 250 years.
(33K) 407 x 648	The Ca' d'Oro (House of Gold) a beautiful Palace built on the Grand Canal	(25K) 462 x 576	San Stae
(21K) 373 x 648	San Simeone Piccolo is based on the Pantheon in Rome	(29K) 720 x 450	Santa Lucia (now the train station) and the last view of the city.

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