Tourism: Piazza Vecchia, the UNESCO walls and the Accademia Carrara
In Città Alta, Piazza Vecchia with the Contarini fountain, the meridian of the Palazzo della Ragione, the Angelo Mai Library and the Campanone; the walk along viale delle Mura and the viewpoint on the south-western bastion; the funicular. In the lower city, the Accademia Carrara.
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- Piazza Vecchia: the Contarini fountain at the centre, the Palazzo Nuovo with the Angelo Mai civic library, the Palazzo della Ragione with its 18th-century meridian that marks date and zodiac sign at solar noon, and the Campanone with its hundred tolls at 10 pm.
- Venetian walls: viale delle Mura is walked on foot; the south-western spur has become a viewpoint over the lower city. The four gates include Porta San Giacomo and Porta Sant'Alessandro.
- Funicular: 240 metres long with an 85-metre climb up to piazza Mercato delle Scarpe.
- Accademia Carrara: a picture gallery founded in 1796 by Giacomo Carrara, in the neoclassical palace of the same name on piazza Giacomo Carrara, below Città Alta.
UNESCO
The walls are part of a serial UNESCO site, inscribed in 2017, bringing together six fortifications of the Republic of Venice across Italy, Croatia and Montenegro.
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Reviewed: 10/22/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-13
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