The domes and facade of the basilica of St Mark in the Piazza San Marco

Palladios Church of San Giorgio Maggiore on the island of the same name

The tourist crowded Rialto Bridge spanning the Grand Canal with gondolas moored in the foreground

Empty moored gondola on the Grand Canal beside the Rialto Bridge with tourists passing in a gondola

Gondolier wearing a straw boater hat close to his gondola moored beside the tourist crowded Rialto Bridge spanning the Grand Canal

Empty gondola moored in a narrow canal in the San Marco district

The bow of a gondola approaching a bridge across an empty canal in the San Marco district

The bow of a gondola approaching a bridge across a busy canal in the San Marco district

The bow of a gondola approaching a bridge across a busy canal in the San Marco district

Gondolas in a narrow canal in the San Marco district seen through the iron railings of a bridge

Silver bows or Ferro of gondolas moored at tghe Molo San Marco

Silver bow or Ferro of a gondola moored at the Molo San Marco