Doge's Palace with Bridge of Sighs to the right

Carved marble façade inside courtyard

The Doge's Palace is a gothic palace in Venice. In Italian it is called the Palazzo Ducale di Venezia. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 347 KB) photo by Radomil 26. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 347 KB) photo by Radomil 26. ... The Bridge of Sighs in Venice. ... The western facade of Reims Cathedral, France. ... The quintessential medieval European palace: Palais de la Cité, in Paris, the royal palace of France. ... For other uses, see Venice (disambiguation). ... Grand Procession of the Doge, 16th century For about a thousand years, the chief magistrate and leader of the Most Serene Republic of Venice was styled the Doge, a rare but not unique Italian title derived from the Latin Dux, as the major Italian parallel Duce and the English Duke. ...

Its two most visible facades look towards the Venetian Lagoon and St Mark's Square, or rather the Piazzetta. The use of arcading in the lower stories produces an interesting "gravity-defying" effect. There is also effective use of colour contrasts (unfortunately, the patterns are not well shown in the illustrative photographs accompanying this article...from a distance the colours blur). The Venetian Lagoon The Venetian Lagoon or the Venetian Riviera is a lagoon off the Adriatic Sea in which the city of Venice is situated. ... Piazza San Marco with the Basilica, by Canaletto, 1730. ...

The current palace was largely constructed from 1309 to 1424, designed perhaps by Filippo Calendario. It replaced earlier fortified buildings of which relatively little is known. Giovanni and Bartolomeo Bon created the Porta della Carta in 1442, a monumental late-gothic gate on the Piazzetta side of the palace. This gate leads to a central courtyard. Events August 15 - The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. ... August 17 - Battle of Verneuil - An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

The palace was badly damaged by fire in 1574. In the subsequent rebuilding work it was decided to respect the original gothic style, despite the submission of a neo-classical alternative design by Palladio. However, there are some classical features, for example since the sixteenth century the palace has been linked to the prison by the Bridge of Sighs. Illustration from a 1736 English edition of I Quattro Libri dellArchitettura. ... The Bridge of Sighs in Venice. ...

As well as being the ducal residence, the palace housed political institutions of the Republic of Venice until the Napoleonic occupation of the city. Venice was ruled by an aristocratic elite, but there was a facility for citizens to submit written complaints at what was known as the Bussola chamber. Borders of the Republic of Venice in 1796 Capital Venice Language(s) Venetian, Latin, Italian Religion Roman Catholic Government Republic Doge  - 1789–97 Ludovico Manin History  - Established 697  - Treaty of Zara June 27, 1358  - Treaty of Leoben April 17, 1797 * Traditionally, the establishment of the Republic is dated to 697. ...

Stairs in Doge's Palace Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1144x1756, 3150 KB) Stairs in Doges Palace in Venice. ...

Ornamental bronze well-head

Doge's Palace Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 330 KB) Doges palace viewed from the square. ...

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The building is preserved as a museum. Inside the visitor can see paintings by Tintoretto and Veronese, which glorify the Venetian state. In 2007 there was a temporary exhibition on "Venice and Islam". Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Tintoretto (real name Jacopo Comin; September 29, 1518 - May 31, 1594) was one of the greatest painters of the Venetian school and probably the last great painter of the Italian Renaissance. ... The Feast in the House of Levi (1573), one of the largest canvases of the 16th century. ...

See also

• United Kingdom

There are a number of nineteenth-century imitations of the palace's architecture in the United Kingdom, eg. the Wool Exchange, Bradford, the Wedgwood Institute, Burslem. These revivals of Venetian Gothic were influenced by the theories of John Ruskin, author of the three-volume The Stones of Venice, which appeared in the 1850s. The Wool Exchange Building in Bradford was built between 1864 and 1867. ... The town of Burslem known as the Mother Town is one of those that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent, in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, in the Midlands of England. ... Upper: Steel-plate engraving of Ruskin as a young man, made circa 1845, scanned from print made circa 1895. ... The Stones of Venice is John Ruskins original three-volume masterpiece on Venetian art and architecture, first published from 1851-53. ...

• USA

The Montauk Club (constructed in 1889) in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn imitates elements of the palace's architecture, although the architect is usually said to have been inspired by another Venetian Gothic palace, the Ca' d'Oro. Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... A typical Park Slope block in spring. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... Ca dOro façade overlooking the Grand Canal Ca dOro (correctly the Palazzo Santa Sofia) is one of the most beautiful palazzos on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy and surely the most famous. ...

Along with other Venetian landmarks, the palace is imitated in "The Venetian" resort, Las Vegas^[1], USA. The bridge at the Venetian Gondola ride in the Venetian View from second floor casino balcony. ... The south end of The Strip; approximately one third of the entire Strip is represented here. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized...

• Music

"The Doge's Palace" is the title of a track from Mike Oldfield's The Millennium Bell album. Michael Gordon Oldfield (born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music and more recently dance. ... The Millennium Bell is a record album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. ...

Reference

External links

• Venice, Italy in Virtual Reality Doge's Palace.
• Building history and layout from Musei Civici Venezia
• Satellite image from Google Maps
• Doge's Palace 360 Image by Night(Java)
• Doge's Palace 15 high quality fullscreen interactive panoramas
• Aerial Map at Wikimapia

Coordinates: 45.4339° N 12.3400° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Venice landmarks

Accademia | Arsenal | Bridge of Sighs | Ca' d'Oro | Ca' Foscari | Ca' Pesaro | Ca' Rezzonico | Canal Grande | Doge's Palace | Il Redentore | Rialto Bridge | San Giorgio Maggiore | St. Mark | Santa Maria della Salute | Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari | San Zanipolo