Dorsoduro Art and Views

The Ponte dell'Accademia is a wooden bridge arching over the Grand Canal with a distinct, steep profile. It connects the Accademia galleries to the sestiere of San Marco. Venice city planners intended this bridge to be a temporary solution…

The Gallerie dell'Accademia occupies a complex of three religious buildings, most notably the former church of Santa Maria della Carità. Its entrance features a distinct, austere facade that hides the vast collection of Venetian painting…

The Squero di San Trovaso stands out because it looks like a slice of the Dolomite mountains dropped into the middle of a Venetian canal. Its dark, wooden structure, built with sloped roofs and timber cladding, resembles the alpine boat…

The Palazzo Cini features a stark, restrained facade that stands out against the ornate gothic carvings common in Venice. This building was the private residence and gallery of Vittorio Cini, a wealthy industrialist who filled the rooms…

The Palazzo Venier dei Leoni sits unfinished along the Grand Canal, its single story of Istrian stone abruptly sliced off by the water. Peggy Guggenheim bought this abandoned eighteenth-century construction in nineteen forty-nine. She…

The Basilica Santa Maria della Salute features a massive, white-domed roof topped by a statue of the Virgin Mary, standing out against the Venetian skyline. Venice built this church as an offering to the Madonna for ending a devastating…

The Punta della Dogana features a bronze statue of Fortune standing atop a golden sphere, balanced precariously on the very tip of the triangular building. This structure served as the city’s customs house for centuries, where merchant…