VENICE

Venice is a magical place.  It is built on 117 islands.  It has 150 canals and 400 bridges. The dazzling Byzantine domed roofs, pointed arches and windows, the candy-striped boat poles, the canals teeming with boats, vaporettos, and gondolas, the beautiful old villas and huge domed churches hugging the water -- all contribute to the feeling of being in a fantasy land.  

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Basilica di San Marco
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Byzantine Onion Domes
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Artist captures the magnificent Piazza San Marco.
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The Campanile (Belltower) & the Basilica di San Marco
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The Doge's Palace
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The Grand Canal
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Two Vaporettos (water buses) pass each other on the Grand Canal
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Vaporettos along the Grand Canal
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"Support", a visual reminder of the dangers of climate change
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Working Boat
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Working Boat
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Vaporetto under Rialto Bridge
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Gondolier rows through the back canals of Venice.
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Gondolier Waiting for Customers
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Beautiful gondola on one of many small canals
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Gondolas full with tourists
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A Typical Back "Street"
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The Grand Canal from Under the Rialto Bridge
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Gondolier
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Gondolas Docked Under Bridge
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Restaurant (Ristorante) Entrance from the Water
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Cavalier Frame Shop, Campo Stefano
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Making frames inside the Cavalier Frame Shop
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39 years later we again found the frame shop -- Cavalier Indorador -- and felt at home! But now I could capture the beauty of the shop in color.
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Gondolier at Doorway
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Nun Sweeping Church Doorway
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Gondola Boatyard
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Worker Inspecting a Gondola
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Cruise ship looms over the canals.
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Dusk over Venice