Carving of a female face on a column of the Doges Palace

The 15th Century Torre dellOrogolio Clock Tower with the two bronze Mori or Moors who strike the bell on the hour. Below is the winged Lion of St Mark

The 15th Century Torre dellOrogolio Clock Tower clock face showing signs of the Zodiac and phases of the moon

The 15th Century Torre dellOrogolio Clock Tower with the two bronze Mori or Moors at the top who strike the bell on the hour. Below is the winged Lion of St Mark the Madonna and the ornate clock f...

Bronze statue of Carlo Goldoni in Campo San Bartolomeo

The Rialto Bridge with tourist crowds spanning the Grand Canal seen through wooden pillars for mooring boats by the side of the canal

The bow of a gondola seen from above

A gondola passes through the Rialto Bridge spanning the Grand Canal

The facade of the church of Santa Maria Zobenigo featuring carvings of the Barbaro family who paid for the facade to be built

An ornate lamppost in front of the 15th Century quayside balcony of the Doges Palace

Gondolas carrying sighseeing tourists entering the Rio del Palazzo to pass under the Bridge of Sighs with the island of San Giorgio Maggiore and its church of the same name by Palladio beyond

Tourist crowds pass below the quayside facade of the Doges Palace