Italy: Day 12 - Doge's Palace

We started our day touring the Doge's Palace, which was the official residence of the 120 doges who ruled Venice from 697 to 1797. There were no photos allows inside, but I took several of the exterior. The fourth photo shows the Bridge of Sighs. It is the 17th Century Baroque structure that crosses to the palace prisons. It would reputedly caused the condemned to "sigh" at their last glimpse of the sky and sea.