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West-facing facade of Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace) with 12th Century granite column topped by the bronze Lion of Saint Mark, Piazetta San Marco, Venice, Italy
Scala d'Oro (Golden Staircase) (Jacopo Sansovino, built 1538-1559), Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, Italy
A Bocca di Leone - Lion's mouth - with an open slot mouth through which denunciations (of tax evasion, for example) could be dropped in secret, Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, Italy
Doge Gerolamo Priuli receiving the sword and balance of Justice (Jacopo Tintoretto, 1518-1594), Atrio Quadrato, Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, Italy
Jove (Jupiter) giving Venice dominion over the Adriatic (Bambini, 1651-1739), Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, Italy
Juno presenting Venice with the peacock and thunderbolt (Nicolo Bambini, 1651-1739), Sala delle Quattro Porte, Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, Italy
Ceiling of Sala del Collegio (Paolo Veronese, 1575-82), Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, Italy
Ceiling of Sala del Collegio (Paolo Veronese, 1575-82), Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, Italy
Paradise (detail) oil on canvas (1588-92) by workshop of Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-94) under the supervision of his son Domenico Robusti, Sala del Maggior Consiglio, Palazzo Ducale, Venice
Basilica San Marco (St Mark's Basilica) from courtyard of Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, Italy
Basilica San Marco (St Mark's Basilica) from courtyard of Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, Italy
Cortile dei Senatori (Senators' Courtyard) looking to Arco Foscari (arch), Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, Italy
Looking through Arco Foscari to Scala dei Giganti (Giant's Staircase), Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, Italy
Arco Foscari and Scala dei Giganti (Giant's Staircase), Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, Italy