Nobody wrote about Venice, what songs and poems they dedicated to this city, what they don’t tell about this city. This Palace is considered a symbol of the city and therefore is located on the main Piazza San Marco. At the moment, the palace houses a museum, but sometimes ceremonial enterprises are held in the Palace. Unfortunately, the history of the beginning of the construction of this palace is not exactly known, but it is assumed that it began in the ninth century.
The doge moved to the city, and therefore it was decided to build a residence for him, and this happened in 812. But in 828, the temple of St. Mark was built to the already finished residence. What this magnificent building did not have to endure, there were many natural incidents. Soon the building was rebuilt, and it looked like a fortress, but then this view got tired, and the fortress was again rebuilt into the former quality of the residence. But the alterations lasted for the remaining two centuries.
And only in 1340 the palace acquired that very unique Gothic style. At the beginning of the 14th century, the “face” of the palace was ready, this is the one that overlooks the sea canvas, then other “faces” were also ready, overlooking the temple and the small square. And finally, the construction of the palace was finally completed in 1483. It turns out that the Doge’s Palace was built for almost two centuries. The interior apartments were brought into a beautiful condition by two great masters Titian and Veronese. Only now, after another fire, the facade had to be redone again. The famous Palace of Prisons was built next to the Palace, which is connected to the palace by the no less famous Bridge of Sighs.
Whoever did not occupy this building – both the Napoleonists and the administration of the Habsburg rulers. And only when the city became part of Italy, the building was thoroughly restored. Since 1923 the palace has become a museum.
In the most beautiful portrait gallery, images of one hundred and twenty doges hang, but almost everyone notices that there is no image in one frame. That’s all because one of the Doges was executed and, apparently, for an obvious reason – he carried out a coup d’état, at least he tried to do it. He was accused of treason and executed, however, no one ever found out for sure whether he was a conspirator or whether he himself became a victim of a conspiracy.
So you can’t tell a lot about the Doge’s Palace right away like this. It must be examined and admired, how to admire other Venetian beauties.
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