Walking tour of Venice

I had a great walking tour after the Biennale and got to see a lot of the northern area of the city (Cannaregio). We spent a lot of time in the Jewish ghetto, it was very interesting and apparently the first ghetto in history and the one which all the others were modelled after. Because they were confined to such a small space they built vertically, making some of the world’s tallest buildings at the time (like 1600s). Apparently this was a good place for Jews to live (relative to other European cities in the counter-reformation). The guide had a lot of interesting info about the city and took us to some less touristy areas that were a lot quieter. In the last picture is an interesting building that if you look closely is built on top (in front of) a church - apparently this is a relic of when the Austrians took over and tried to modernise the city by straightening the streets (they only succeeded with 1).Read more