Venice (Royal Palace of Venice – Marciana Library, National Archaeological Museum, Correr Museum)

Venice (Venezia) is a city in northeastern Italy that is built on a group of 126 islands separated by open water and canals, linked through 472 bridges. The historical island city is home to only 51K people, but a very popular tourist destination with about 60K tourists per day. Photos in this collection were taken by Dr. Beth M. Sheppard in May, 2017. Subject matter primarily centers on the Royal Palace of Venice, which is a complex that consists of the Marciana Library, the Archaeological Museum, and the Correr Museum. Metadata cataloging was contributed by Shelley Rogers and Noah Dietsch, intern, assisted with collection processing.