A Gondola in a Venetian Canal.

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In the back the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore. In the foreground a Venetian gondola.

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A Venice Canal.

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Casa Sanavio (Sanavio house) in Padua, Italy, overlooking the Riviera Tiso da Camposampiero.

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The Specola in Padua is home to the Museum of the Astronomical Observatory, from which it took its name in the eighteenth century. In 1761 the Venetian Senate decided to establish an astronomical observatory for the University of Padua, using the ancient Torlonga of the Carrarese Castle as its seat.

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