Doge's Palace Tickets

• Room I: Room I has six capitals and their respective columns from the palace's lagoon-front arcade from the 14th century. Thus, they are part of the building's initial ornamental sculptural plan.
• Room II: Four capitals and columns from the Piazzetta side of the arcade, built in the 14th century, are in Room II. The beautiful carvings on these capitals represent a wealth of allegorical and moral themes related to labour, the products of the earth, and astrological correspondences.
• Room III: In Room III, you'll find three column capitals, two from the 14th century and one from the 15th. The large and famous corner capital with the Creation of Adam, the Planets, and the Zodiac is one of the most interesting parts.
• Room IV: In Room IV, in addition to two columns from the arcade, there is a gigantic wall composed of enormous, rough, live rock pieces. It dates from a prior iteration period of the current Palace and gives substantial evidence on the nature and location of the old structure.
• Room V: There are three columns from the arcade in Room V; one of them, with its foliated capital, is from the top loggia on the Piazzetta side, and it stands against the wall to the left of the tondo portraying Venice as Justice on the façade.
• Room VI: Room VI has 26 capitals from the arches of the loggias on the first floor of the Palace. These were carved by different masons in the 14th and 15th centuries.

The Courtyard: When you walk in through the oldest part of the palace, the Porta del Frumento, you can see the Piazzetta wing on the left and the Renaissance wing on the right. The Palace and St. Mark's Basilica, which used to be the Doge's chapel, meet at the north end of the courtyard.

The Loggias: The tour will take you through the Renaissance wing, from the Censors' Staircase to the Gold Staircase, ultimately leading you to the upper floors of the building, where a number of offices belonging to the State Government were located.

Do Read: Doge's Palace Museum

The Doge's chambers were always positioned in this wing of the Palace, between the Rio della Canonica, the building's water entrance, the current Golden Staircase, and the Ducal Chapel, which was the apse of Saint Mark's Basilica. After a fire in 1483, this region was completely relevelled, and it was reconstructed in a Renaissance style. The rooms that are now a part of the museum's tour were remodelled during this time period and are notable for the interiors, engraved hardwood ceilings, gigantic marble chimneys with opulent artworks, delicate carved designs, painting friezes, and stuccos.

The beginning of the Institutional Chambers of the Palace is the Square Atrium. In these rooms, significant data and history of the political and legal system were kept. This system was practised throughout Europe for hundreds of years, not only because it didn't change, but also because it could withstand the passing of time and still keep social peace and harmony.

The Bridge of Sighs: This corridor crosses the Bridge of Sighs, which was constructed in 1614 to connect the Doge's Palace to the building that would contain the New Prisons. The bridge is enclosed and covered on all sides, and it comprises two independent passageways that run parallel to one another.

The New Prisons: The Doge's Palace was the centre of government and law in the Republic, and it also had prisons. Around the middle of the 16th century, it was decided to build a new building on the other side of the canal from the palace. This building, called the Notte al Criminal, would hold prisons and the chambers of the magistrates.

There are many different types of historical weapons and armour stored in the rooms of the Armoury.

• Room I: This first room is called the Gattamellata Room because it houses a suit of armour that formerly belonged to Erasmo da Narni, also known as Il Gattamelata.

• Room II: The major attraction here is the triangular standard captured by the Turks at the 1571 Battle of Lepanto. Verses from the Koran are stitched around the edges, while an inscription in the middle pays tribute to Allah and his prophet Mohammed.

• Room III: This is named after the bust of Francesco Morosini in the niche at the room's end. Morosini, a Venetian admiral, rose to the position of supreme commander of the Venetian fleet during the 1684-1688 battle against the Turks.

• Room IV: This area features exceptional firearms from the 16th and 17th centuries. There is also a poisoned arrow and a "devil's chest" that fires four concealed guns when opened.

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