Doge's palace in Venice

Venetians are very fond of this palace because it keeps part of their history and it has been protagonist of important facts of Venice’s life. The Doge’s Palace was exactly where it is now during the republican period of Venice, it was there when Venice was conquered by Napoleon and it was always there when Venice become Italian. This palace is a constant presence, always loyal to the city. It has been subject of many changes, because of a long series of terrible fires. The political importance of this palace, once seat of the Doge of Venice, was underlined from Napoleon too, who wanted this palace to become the centre of his administration in 1797, when he conquered Venice. The historical importance of the Doge’s Palace is testified also from the great sum of money that the newborn Italian republic gave to Venice to remodel this building. In spite of the loss budget of the new unified Italy, it spared no expenses to one of the most important symbols of this city.

Information to visit Doge’s Palace:
When: from the 22nd March to 2nd November from 9 am to 7 pm (ticket office 9 am-6 pm) from the 3rd November to 21st March from 9 am to 5 pm (ticket office 9 am – 4 pm).
Tickets: 13 € entire ticket or 7,50 € reduced ticket, this ticket is called “Card San Marco Museum Plus” and it allow you to enter in all the museum of Piazza San Marco (Doge’s Palace, Correr Museum, National Archaeological Museum, Grand Chambers of the Marciana National Library) and you can choose to visit one (only one) Museum among the Civic Venice Museums.