Esther's photos with the keyword: canal

Murano, Italy, which is across the lagoon from Venice, is also comprised of small islands connected by bridges. It has been a center of glass making since the 13th century, when the industry was moved from Venice due to the risk of fire and the noxious fumes. It was the main glass producing center in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries and it still produces beautiful artistic glass today. AIMG_4656

Murano, Italy, which is across the lagoon from Venice, has been a center of glass making since the 13th century, when the industry was moved from Venice due to the risk of fire and the noxious fumes. It was the main glass producing center in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries and it still produces beautiful artistic glass today. AIMG_4655

Murano, Italy, which is across the lagoon from Venice, has been a center of glass making since the 13th century, when the industry was moved from Venice due to the risk of fire and the noxious fumes. It was the main glass producing center in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries and it still produces beautiful artistic glass today. AIMG_4671

Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, Italy, was built as offering for the city's deliverance from the 1630 plague which killed nearly a third of the inhabitants of Venice. The octogonal bascilica contains masterworks of Titian and Tintoretto as well as the works of other master painters and sculptors. AIMG_4601

A large blue glass sculpture sits beneath a bell tower in Murano, Italy. Murano is located across the lagoon from Venice, has been a center of glass making since the 13th century, when the industry was moved from Venice due to the risk of fire and the noxious fumes. It was the main glass producing center in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries and it still produces beautiful artistic glass today. AIMG_4681

Church of Santa Maria e San Donato in Murano, Italy "is known for its twelfth century Byzantine mosaic pavement and is said to contain the relics of Saint Donatus of Arezzo as well as large bones behind the altar said to be the bones of a dragon slain by the saint." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Santa_Maria_e_San_Donato AIMG_4670

Venice, Italy has no roads in its city center which consists of 117 islands connected by over 400 bridges. Vaporetti are like floating buses and transport people throughout the city and to neighboring islands. AIMG_4460

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Not all of the canals in Venice, Italy are grand, but even the smaller and mid-sized ones have their own beauty. AIMG_4452

This bridge connects the interiors of two buildings separated by a canal. Venice, Italy has no roads in its city center which consists of 117 islands connected by over 400 bridges. AIMG_4468