Venice is so full of magnificent buildings, palaces and churches, that many small jewels end up overlooked.
The ancient Venetians used the word scola or scuola to mean a guild, a confraternity or a charity. The scuole were generally not educational institutions.
List of all churches on the island of Murano — consecrated, deconsecrated and demolished.
In Venice, near Santa Maria Formosa, there’s a blueish green door everybody photographs.
If everything is old in Venice, then what about the bridges? Well, surprise, most of them are not. In fact, 3/4 of the bridges are modern.
Palazzo Morosini is a mixed Venetian Gothic and Renaissance palace in the Castello Sestiere which is unfortunately inaccessible to the public.
Palazzo Magno is an early Gothic palace in Venice, from the late 1300s. It is rarely noticed as it is situated in a narrow alleyway.