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Palazzo Ducale
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This palace housed Venice's former governmental departments. It dates from the early ninth century, but the earliest recoverable traces are from around the 1340s. The main entrance of the palace, the Porta della Carta, is one of the most bombastic Gothic works in Venice.
| type: | Palaces |
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| address: | Piazza di San Marco, next to the Basilica |
| openings: | daily, summer 9am-7pm; winter 9am-5pm. |
