The columns of the Venice Lion and St. Theodore in the Piazza dei Signori, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Gondolier dressed in traditional white and red paddling a gondola boat with tourists on the Grand Canal underthe Rialto Bridge, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Bridge of Sighs over a Venice canal at sunset, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

The leaning tower of San Giorgio dei Greci, Castello district, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

The Biblioteca Marciana (St. Mark's Library), beside the Campanile Tower in the Piazza San Marco (St. Marks Square), Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

A gondola entering the Grand Canal seen from the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

A tiny section of the city's maze of canals and narrow waterways, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Foggy view without crowd of Ponte de Sospiri, iconic Bridge of Sighs stone bridge at night, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

San Marco plaza (St. Mark's Square) with Basilica and church tower illuminated at night, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Rialto Bridge full of tourists looking at a gondola on the Grand Canal, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

View of the Grand Canal from the Rialto Fish Market, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

A solitary gondola moored along the Fondamenta Rezzonico, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Venice street with colorful houses and a bridge over the canal with boats, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Gondolier paddling a gondola with San Giorgio Maggiore island and Basilica in the background at sunset, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

St. Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Colorful houses and Camerlenghi Palace seen from the other side of the Grand Canal with traditional gondola boats at sunset, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

View across the Grand Canal from Punta della Dogana towards the Palazzo Ducale and Piazza San Marco, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Rio in Cannaregio district, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto region, Italy, Europe

Domes of Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto region, Italy, Europe

View from the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore of the City of Venice with Chiesa Santa Maria della Salute at Punta della Dogana and boats traveling through the Grand Canal on a sunny day, Venice, Veneto, Italy

View of the City of Venice with the Campanile di San Marco (St Mark's Campanile) and St Mark's Basilica (Basilica di San Marco) standing out among the red clay rooftops, Venice, Veneto, Italy

View of the Lighthouse on San Giorgio Maggiore Island looking across the waterway of Bacino Di San Marco to St Mark's Campanile, St Mark's Square, Doge's Palace on and the City of Venice Island under a blue sky, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Stunning vista of the City of Venice with St Mark's Campanile and Chiesa Santa Maria della Salute at Punta della Dogana, viewed from the bell tower of San Giorgio Maggiore Island, Venice, Veneto, Italy