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    Travel » Italy » Venice

    Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Square

    Published: Sep 10, 2011 · Modified: Oct 20, 2014 by Marissa Stevens · 1 Comment

    We stand in St Mark's square and stare wide-eyed at the cathedral, built more than a thousand years ago - we are stunned by its beauty and scale.

    The square is full of people and pigeons. String quartets play on four stages around the square; a couple grasps hands and begins to waltz. Vendors of T-shirts, magnets, and masks stand post at their carts. There is a line of at least 50 people waiting to walk inside of the cathedral; inside, the cathedral is beautiful, but dark. We walk around the pews and admire the altar, the marble floors, and frescoes on the walls and ceiling.

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    As the highest leaders of Venice for over a thousand years, the Doge and their families lived in a palace adjacent to St. Mark's cathedral. On the upper floors of the palace we feel the opulence that the rulers enjoyed, but pass through a door and descend the stairs to prison cells, plain and eerie. We see the famous Bridge of Sighs, crossed by prisoners on their way to the dungeons - through tiny windows they saw their last glimpse of freedom.

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    1. Jenn says

      September 12, 2011 at 6:30 pm

      Hahahaha!!!! Amazing photos, as usual! That ending photo actually made me laugh out loud! ;o)

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