We’re in the Dorsoduro area of Venice. For our first afternoon and evening, we just wandered in the area.
Across the canal, the church Redentore designed by the 16th century architect, Andrea Palladio, whose name is used to refer to the neoclassical Palladian style:
The street our flat is on:
If you saw the James Bond movie, Casino Royale, with Daniel Craig, he sails into Venice on the Grand Canal going past the church of Santa Maria della Salute:
Across the Grand Canal, in the distance, is the entrance to Saint Mark’s Square, the bell tower of St. Mark’s (Campanile) and the Doge’s Palace:
Another Palladio church, San Giorgio Maggiore on the island of the same name:
A view of the Grand Canal:
Both the Katharine Hepburn movie, Summertime, and Woody Allen’s Everybody Says I Love You movie have scenes in this piazza, Campo San Barnaba:
Dinner at La Riviera along the Giudecca canal, but it was too cool to eat outside:
Fish stew (under the pastry dome that looks like it got a bit too much heat):
Fillet of fish with artichokes and leek cream:
Chitarucci pasta with clams:
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