34 Paintings of the Canals of Venice in the 18 & 19th Century, by the artists of the time, with foot notes #1

Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals — including the Grand Canal thoroughfare — lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces. The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica, which is tiled with Byzantine mosaics…

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