Venice, Italy - 9 June 2016

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Our last day began with rain... lovely Mirano glass... paint supplies... leather art has a long tradition in Italy... window shopping... founded in 1604!... handmade paper shop... roses... more roses... side canal... school children... Zaha Hadid exhibit at the Palazzo Franchetti... Zaha Hadid was an Iraqi-born British architect... who passed away in March... the exhibit highlighted her career in architecture and design... Bridge model, collaboration with Autodesk... Tension-stayed Funicular Funnel Shell... Topology studies... Topology studies... Isosurfaces of Potential Fields... Curved crease folded sculpture... Curved crease folded sculpture... Galaxy Soho, Beijing China... Leeza Soho, Beijing China... Messner Mountain Museum, Corones, Italy... Murano glass, a tradition started over 800 years ago... canal, with locks... pedestrians... another canal... hawker... "Mirano" glass, for the tourist industry... street leading to St.Marks... Gucci purses... Gucci prices... crowded canal... selfie... the Chiesa di San Moise church... window display... sidewalk... St. Marks Square... St. Marks Basilica, 1,000 years old... "tourist" glass... sidewalk restaurant, St.Marks square... coffee shop... our tour group... St Mark's bell tower, it collapsed in 1902 and was rebuilt... exterior mosaic at St.Marks... rain on the plaza... the Bell tower and the Horses of St.Marks... one of the four Horses, replicas of bronze originals looted from Constantinople in 1210... St.Marks plaza next to the Doges Palace... Doges Palace, the Mouth of Secret Accusations the Doges Palace... the Doges palace contains countless great rooms... and council chambers... all decorated with sumptuous art... the Triumph of Venus, 1584... the Senate Hall... our guide, describing "Jupiter hurling Thunderbolts at the Vices"... which is a copy, since the original was taken by Napolean back to Paris in 1797... Council chambers... surviving artwork damaged by fire in the 1500's... The Chamber of the Great Council, rebuilt after a fire in 1577... view of St.Marks from the Doges Palace courtyard... descending stairs... to the Bridge of Sighs, the last view prisoners saw... before entering prison... prison cell... bars... it was the main prison in Venice for several hundred years... tunnel to freedom... view from the Bridge of Sighs... the Bridge of Sighs... stairs... former residents.