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obelli romancı Orhan Pamuk “Bu dünyada mutluolunabileceğini, Venedik manzarasının derinliğiniiçimizde duyunca anlıyoruz” der. Hakikatende bu romantik İtalyan kenti insanı; havası,mimarisi, sanatı ve doğasıyla mutlu eder.Kuzey İtalya’nın doğusunda Adriyatik Denizi kıyılarında karaya 4kilometre uzunluğunda kara ve demir yolu köprüsü ile bağlanan,yaklaşık 118 adacık üzerine kurulu bir ada şehri olan Venedik’teadacıkları birbirinden ayıran 170 kanal ve birbirine bağlayan 400köprü bulunur.İşte, nereye dönseniz sizi önemli bir tarihi eserin, görkemli birbinanın, yüce bir katedralin ya da dünyaca ünlü bir müzenin karşıladığıbu kentte göreceklerinizden bazıları...San Marco Meydanı ve Dükler SarayıPiazza San Marco, yani San Marco Meydanı Venedik’in kalbi. Dolayısıylaen kalabalık yerlerinden biri. Kente gelen herkes, büyüleyicigüzellikleri görmeye buradan başlıyor. Fransız Yazar Alfred deMusset’nin ‘Avrupa’nın Salonu’ dediği meydan 175 metre uzunluğunda,82 metre genişliğinde.34Nobel laureate novelist Orhan Pamuk says, “We realize that happinessis possible on earth when we intimately feel the depth of Venice’s beauty”.Indeed, this romantic Italian city is a magic place which inspireshappiness with its people, architecture, art and atmosphere.Venice is an island city on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea innorthern Italy, built on an archipelago of more than 118 islets. Connectedto the mainland by a road and rail bridge of 4 kilometres, Venicehas 170 canals dividing the islets and 400 bridges connecting them toeach other.San Marco Square and the Doge’s Palace (Palace of the Dukes)Piazza San Marco i.e. San Marco Square is the heart of Venice. Everyonewho comes to Venice starts to tour this fascinating city from here.The square that French writer Alfred de Musset called ‘Europe’s LivingRoom’ measures 175 meters in length and 82 meters in width.In the 9 th century it used to be a small area in front of the MarcosChurch where the Dukes made public announcements. It reached itscurrent configuration between the 13 th and 16 th centuries.The Doge’s Palace with its main entrance Porta della Carta, the ClockTower, Procuratie Vecchie, Procuratie Nove, the Campanile and theBiblioteca Marciana are among the famous landmarks of the square.The Doge’s Palace - the Palace of theDukes (Palazzo Ducale) which servedas the governing centre of the empirefor 900 years was originally built inthe 9 th century as a castle in Byzantinestyle. The gothic elements of thebuilding were added to it 500 yearslater. Today an exhibition hall, thebuilding looks sumptuous with itscountless number of arches and itswhite façade decorated with pink ornaments.The palace is connected to theadjacent prison through a limestonebridge built in 1603 which is known asthe Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri).The name originates from the storythat prisoners would sigh at their finalview of beautiful Venice through thebridge’s window before being takendown to their cells.Turkish Traces in VeniceVenice’s famous Fondaco dei Turchi(“The Turks’ Inn”) is a palazzo on theGrand Canal built by Giacomo Palmierin the first half of the 13 th century. Itis one of the oldest palaces in Veniceand a typical example of the Veneto-Byzantine style architecture withits meandering contours and thincolumns. From 1621 through to 1838,the Fondaco served as the venue ofVenice’s Ottoman Turkish population(thus “dei Turchi”). The Fondaco (fromArab: fonduk: hotel) then served asa combination of home, warehouse,and market for the Turkish traders,who partially changed its architectureand built a mosque and a Turkishbath inside the building. Later, duringthe renovation work launched in thesecond half of the 19 th century, domeshaped additions were made to therooftop of the palace. Since 1923 thepalace is used as the Venice Museumof Natural History (Museo di StoriaNaturale di Venezia).