Visting Venice, Italy 2-21-23

Images from day 2 in Venice with Am Shalom of Glencoe. We visited the Basilica San Marco – Venezia; Doge’s Palace, Seat of All Powers; the Venetian Ghetto, and two synagogues.

The day was overcast and cool.

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a cloudy morning in Venice
boats in the Grand Canal
hundred of birds flying over the Venetian Lagoon
canal in Venice
some colorful buildings
walking to the Bridge of Sighs
a jail cell in Piombi, the old jail
Ponte dei Sospiri (Bridge of Sighs)
a gondola
one of the canals
on our way

The Basilica San Marco – Venezia

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Basilica di San Marco interior
Basilica di San Marco mural
Basilica di San Marco mural
Basilica di San Marco ceiling detail
Basilica di San Marco interior
Basilica di San Marco ceiling detail
Basilica di San Marco ceiling detail
Basilica di San Marco ceiling detail
Basilica di San Marco interior
Basilica di San Marco interior
Basilica di San Marco interior
Basilica di San Marco interior
Basilica di San Marco ceiling detail
Basilica di San Marco

Doge’s Palace, Seat of All Powers in Venice

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ornate artwork in a huge council room
one of the meeting rooms
an early 24 hour clock
another enormous painting and beautiful ceiling designs
ornate artwork in one of the council rooms
another ornate ceiling
yet another ornate ceiling
more paintings
another ornate ceiling
another ornate ceiling
ornate painting and ceiling
stairway to the council chambers
ornate ceiling in Doge's Palace
ornate stone engraving
being briefed on Doge's Palace
the The Doge's Palace in Venice courtyard

The Venetian Ghetto

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inside the Schola Levantina synagogue
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inside the Scuola Spagnola synagogue
sign marking the ghetto
barbed wire on the wall
a memorial wall
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inside the Scuola Spagnola synagogue
listening to a guide
tourists inside the Scuola Spagnola synagogue
the Ark
the interior was very ornate
listening to a guide
one of the historic synagogues
listening to a guide in the Ghetto
memorial in the Venetian Ghetto
stumbling stone in the Ghetto
Ghetto entrance
entering the Venetian Ghetto

A few additional people in costumes for Carnival

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another great costume of the end of Carnival
Carnival revelers taking a Gondola ride
costumed woman on the last day of Carnival
posing for photos outside Doeg's Palace
costumed man in San Marcos Square

and of course the Vigili Del Fuoco, the fire station

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Vigili Del Fuoco

Images from Day 1 are here

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