Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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Venice, Italy St. Marks Cathedral, Square and Doge's Palace. Local taxi stand. The principal attraction of our stay in Venice was the city itself. lt exhibited a charm and atmosphere unequaled by any port of the cruise and made our visit one which will never be forgotten. lt reflected the glory of an old world, a world which we had before found difficult to acknowledge and one which taught us to look with new respect on the people who live united to the traditions of that world. The center of the town and for most of us the center of its' attraction lay in St. Mark's Square, an area perhaps two hundred yards long and eighty yards wide, which can best be described as a living museum. It houses i such unique monuments as the Cathedral of JU ,ua I5 ' t MU hangs in the Palace of the Doge. It was commissioned in the fifteenth century and exhibits the square as it stands today almost to the last detail. The effect of looking at the painting and then stepping into the square is overwhelming and brings home with impact the realization that Venice is truly the city which time has forgotten. After we had investigated the attractions of the square, most of us went to the water's edge and the gondolas for a tour of the re- ,2 13 mainder of the city. We had a leisurely view of palaces and museums little changed for the past three hundred years and more than one of us learned, the hard way, that St. Mark, the Bell Tower, the Doges' Palace, the Clock Tower, and produces an atmosphere of old world grandeur difficult to equal anywhere else in the world. The remarkable preservation of the square in its original state is best realized by viewing a painting by Bellini, which a gondolier's oar is trickier to handle than it looks. Venice was a port which offered pleasant diversion to everyone and on leaving our only regret was that we couldn't stay a little longer. Bridge of Sighs. Tourists in St. Marks Square. Hoist anchor. .n!

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