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Major Venetian architecture varies from early Renaissance to Byzantine to Italiante Gothic.
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Palazzo Malpiero on the Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy, 2017.
Originally built in the Byzantine style, like many Venetian structures, it has undergone some changes over the years.
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The Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti, on the Grand Canal, was erected in 1565, Venice, Veneto, Italy, 1994.
It is in the Venetian Gothic style which was modernised in neo-Gothic around 1840.
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Ca' d'Oro or Palazzo Santa Sofia, a palace on the Grand Canal erected 1428-1430, Venice, Veneto, Italy, 1999.
It is considered one of the best surviving palazzo in Venetian Gothic architecture.
It was known as the "golden house" because of the gilt and polychrome external decorations that once adorned it.
Since 1927, it has been a museum, Gallewria Giorgio Franchetti.
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Cheisa di Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Cannaregio, Venice, Veneto, Italy, 2017.
Called the "marble church," it is a good example of Venetial Renaissance style.
I liked the bold simplicity of this end of the church, while the other end is considered the front.
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