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January 2001 - Venice in the Rain

Down the Grand Canal by vaporetto

Maggie at a fountain Spitting fountain Hunchback of the Rialto. He's part of the stairs up to the top of the pillar on the right. That pillar and another in St. Mark's is where the laws were read before they went into force. A little canal
A real side street Walking around Venice In a window. Taking the vaporetto down the Grand Canal with Ca' Balbi in front.
In the bow of the vaporetto Big mansion along the Grand Canal Big mansion along the Grand Canal  
Big mansion along the Grand Canal Basilica of the Salute. In 1630 the plague broke out. In October, doge Nicolo Cantarini promised the Madonna that if the plague stopped, he would build her a magnificent church. (Why she would want another one in a city filled with churches dedicated to her is unexplained.) Shortly afterward the plague died down. On April 1, 1631 the doge laid the foundation stone. He died the next day. St. Mark's from the vaporetto Bridge of Sighs, again . . . sigh.
Detail from the facade of San Marco San Marco San Marco San Marco
San Marco Atrium of San Marco telling the Adam and Eve story