Doge’s Palace

The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of in northern Italy. The palace included government offices, a jail, and the residence of the Doge of Venice, the elected authority of the former Republic of Venice.
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  • Opening hours:
    April 1st—October 31st: 8:30 AM—7:00 PM
    November 1st—March 31st: 8:30 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: palace in Venice, Italy
  • Also known as: Doges Palace Venice”, “Palazzo ducale”, “Palazzo Ducale”, and “The Doge’s Palace
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bridge of Sighs and St Mark’s Basilica.

The is a bridge in , Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace.

Church
The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known as St Mark's Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice in 1807, replacing the earlier cathedral of .

Square
, often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of , Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza. is situated 140 metres west of Doge’s Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Marco and Castello.

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is the central district of . It is home to many of Venice's major points of interest, and consequently can be extremely crowded with tourists, especially during the day when cruise ships unload their passengers.

is one of six sestieri that make up .

Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.
is one of six sestieri that make up . Covering 86 acres along the Grand Canal, it is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the 9th century.

Doge’s Palace

Latitude
45.43421° or 45° 26′ 3″ north
Longitude
12.34034° or 12° 20′ 25″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Height
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
8FQJC8MR+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 138803915
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
7627401
Wiki­data ID
Q189883
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Doge’s Palace” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: قصر دوجي
  • Armenian: Դոժերի պալատ
  • Asturian: Palaciu Ducal de Venecia
  • Azerbaijani: Dojlar sarayı
  • Basque: Veneziako Dukearen Jauregia
  • Basque: Veneziako Dukeen Jauregia
  • Belarusian: Венецыянскі палац дожаў
  • Belarusian: Палац дожаў
  • Breton: Palez an Dodjeed
  • Bulgarian: Дворец на дожите
  • Catalan: Palau Ducal de Venècia
  • Catalan: Palau Ducal
  • Catalan: Palazzo Ducale
  • Chinese: 威尼斯总督府
  • Chinese: 威尼斯總督宮
  • Chinese: 威尼斯總督府
  • Chinese: 总督宫
  • Chinese: 總督宮
  • Chinese: 總督府 (威尼斯)
  • Croatian: Duždeva palača u Veneciji
  • Croatian: Duždeva palača
  • Czech: Dóžecí palác v Benátkách
  • Czech: Dóžecí palác
  • Danish: Dogepaladset
  • Dutch: Dogenpaleis
  • Dutch: Dogepaleis
  • Dutch: Palazzo Ducale
  • Dutch: Paleis van de Doge’s
  • Esperanto: Doĝa palaco
  • Esperanto: Doĝo-palaco
  • Esperanto: Doĵo-palaco
  • Esperanto: Palaco de doĝoj
  • Esperanto: Palaco de la doĝoj
  • Estonian: Doodžide palee
  • Finnish: Dogen palatsi
  • Finnish: Palazzo Ducale
  • French: palais des Doges
  • French: Palais des Doges
  • French: Palais ducal
  • French: Palais Ducal
  • French: Palazzo Ducale
  • Galician: Palacio Ducal de Venecia
  • Georgian: დოჟების სასახლე
  • Georgian: დოჟის სასახლე
  • German: Dogenpalast
  • Greek: Παλάτι των Δόγηδων
  • Hebrew: ארמון הדוג’ה
  • Hebrew: ארמון הדוג’ים
  • Hungarian: Dózse palota
  • Hungarian: Dózse-palota
  • Hungarian: Dózsepalota
  • Indonesian: Istana Doge
  • Irish: Pálás an Dóig
  • Italian: Palazzo Dogale
  • Italian: palazzo ducale di Venezia
  • Italian: Palazzo Ducale di Venezia
  • Italian: Palazzo Ducale
  • Japanese: イタリア、フィレンツェにある美術館
  • Japanese: ドゥカーレ宮殿
  • Japanese: パラッツォ・ドゥカーレ
  • Korean: 두칼레 궁전
  • Latin: Palatium ducum
  • Latvian: Dodžu pils
  • Macedonian: Дуждов дворец
  • Macedonian: Дуждова палата
  • Malay: Istana Doge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Dogepalasset
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Dogepalasset
  • Norwegian: Dogepalasset
  • Occitan (post 1500): Palais dei Dògas
  • Persian: قصر دوک
  • Polish: Pałac Dożów
  • Portuguese: Palácio do Doge
  • Portuguese: Palácio dos Doges
  • Portuguese: Palácio Ducal de Veneza
  • Portuguese: Palácio Ducal
  • Portuguese: Palazzo Ducale di Venezia
  • Portuguese: Palazzo Ducale
  • Romanian: Palatul Dogilor din Veneția
  • Russian: Дворец дожей
  • Russian: Дворец Дожей
  • Russian: Палаццо дожей
  • Scots: Doge’s Pailace
  • Scots: Doge’s Palace
  • Serbian: Duždeva palata
  • Serbian: Palazzo Ducale
  • Serbian: Дуждева палата (Венеција)
  • Serbian: Дуждева палата Венеција
  • Serbian: Дуждева палата у Венецији
  • Serbian: Дуждева палата
  • Serbo-Croatian: Duždeva palača
  • Slovak: Dóžov palác
  • Slovenian: Doževa palača
  • Spanish: Palacio de dogos
  • Spanish: Palacio de los Dogos
  • Spanish: Palacio del Dux
  • Spanish: Palacio Ducal de Venecia
  • Spanish: Palacio Ducal
  • Spanish: Palazzo Ducale
  • Swedish: Dogepalatset
  • Swedish: Palazzo Ducale
  • Tagalog: Palasyo Ducal
  • Thai: ปาลัซโซดูกาเล
  • Turkish: Doc Sarayı
  • Turkish: Palazzo Ducale
  • Ukrainian: Палац дожів
  • Ukrainian: Палаццо дожів
  • Uzbek: Dojlar saroyi
  • Uzbek: Dojlar Saroyi
  • Venetian: Pałaso Dogal
  • Vietnamese: Dinh tổng trấn
  • Vietnamese: Doge’s Palace
  • Waray (Philippines): Doge’s Palace
  • Waray (Philippines): Palazzo Ducale, Venesya
  • Waray (Philippines): Palazzo Ducale
  • Yue Chinese: 威尼斯總督宮

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