Della Salute Campanile Venice

This photograph was taken from the top of St. Mark’s Campanile, a bell tower in St. Mark’s Square – the main square in Venice, Italy. The weather wasn’t great as there was a lot of sea fog around so this was the best I could do. The photographs from Venice were the first time I used a DSLR camera, the Canon 300D was used which was my dad’s camera at the time. Below is the text that I wrote in my travel diary.

It was a rainy morning but we didn’t let that stop us. We got up early and headed straight for St. Mark’s Square. After disappointment the previous day with the huge crowds, we were going to see the main sights today. First was the Doge’s Palace. The Guided headphone talk was rubbish and not worth the money but I took some interesting photographs and learnt a lot both about the Doge of Venice and of Venetian Architecture.

After the Doge’s Palace I joined the long line waiting to go up St. Mark’s Campanile. It was a good half hour wait, but was worth it. As this particular bell tower is not only the most famous in Venice but also one of the tallest. I was able to see right over Venice. The weather cleared up and the sun came out. From this vantage point is where I took all my photographs looking down on the city.

We next went to see the La Salute but it wasn’t going to be open till three o’clock so we walked around the corner to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. I saw lots of great at, some of which I was studying at the time for my A-level art. I brought over a dozen postcards of artwork and we then had a quick snack in the café there.

It was now gone three so we walked back to the Basilica Di Santa Maria Della Salute. It was vast both inside and out and constructed of Istrain stone and marmorino (brick covered with marble dust. We then headed back to the hotel. Later that evening we, again went to the ‘Ristorante Pedrocchi’ for our evening meal.