THE DOGE'S PALACE OR PALAZZO DUCALE

The Doge’s palace or Palazzo Ducale. It was constructed in 814 AD, and it was the significant role for the government. The architecture style was adapted from Gothic. In the 14^th and 15^th centuries, the artist by the name of Jacopo Tintoretto created an oil-painting that was 22x7 m. His work was called “The Paradise”. After that it was the biggest oil-on-canvass, too. 

The front of the Doge’s palace was very graceful. But behind has the apprehensive thing as the Bridge of Sighs or Ponte dei Sospiri. It was built in the 17 century, and was designed by Antonio Contiono. This bridge could connect the prison, and the punishers would see the outer world for the last time. Some people said, if a lover kisses under the bridge while being in the gondola at sunset, they will be lucky in love. Anyway, this scene is the most romantic, and according to the Poet Lord Byron “I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs, a palace and prison on each hand.”

The next this palace, there was the Rialto Bridge or Ponte di Rialto. It was the main center for trade in the city, and millions of tourist journeyed across the Grand Canal by using the bridge. There are many shops selling about souvenirs, Venetian’s masks, and Murano glass along two sides of the bridge. In other word, this place is very famous for trading of products between buyers and sellers, because it was the important business quarter of the city.

The Rape of Europe by Paolo Veronese,1580 

Faith Adored by Doge Antonio Grimani, Tiziano Vecellio Titian

Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506)