San Marco bell tower and gallery of Ducal Palace at dusk, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Interior view of St Mark's Basilica, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Salute at Twilight, Venice, Italy

Italy, Veneto, Venice, Aerial view of St Mark's square and city centre

Italy, Veneto, Venice, Aerial view of St Mark's square

Italy, Veneto, Venice, Aerial view of St Mark's square

Lights at St Marks Square in December, Venice, Italy

Aerial view of Punta della Dogana, Santa Maria della Salute church and St Mark square at sunrise. Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Aerial view of Punta della Dogana, Santa Maria della Salute church and St Mark square at sunrise. Venice, Veneto, Italy.

San Marco Square during Christmas period. Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Gondolas near St Mark Square with San Giorgio Island on the background during sunrise. Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Canal grande at sunset near Rialto Bridge, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Architectural door and window detail of a residential house on the Island of Burano, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute at dusk, Venice, Veneto, Italy

A woman poses in front of a colourful facade on Burano, Venice, Venato, Italy

A woman in costume poses in St. Mark's square during the Venice Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Three women wearing Indian style costumes and masks pose in the cloisters of Chiesa di San Francesco della Vigna, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Campanile and the Doge's Palace, Piazza San Marco (St. Mark's Square), Venice, Veneto, Italy

Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Italy. Veneto. Venice. Palazzo Orio, Palazzo Salviati and Palazzo Barbaro Wolkoff on the Gran Canal.

Italy. Veneto. Venice. Palaces on the Gran Canal.

Italy. Veneto. Venice. Gondolas on the Bacino di San Marco with the Church on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore.

A woman wearing a magnificent red ballgown stands on the stairs of the Ca Sagredo Palace, Venice Carnival , Venice , Veneto, Italy

Italy, Burano. Weathered house exterior

Little Venice, Mykonos Town, Mykonos, Cyclade Islands, Greece

Venice, Veneto, Italy; A masked character in the city during Carnival

Ponte della Costituzione, footbridge over Grand Canal, architect Santiago Calatrava, Santa Croce, Venice, Italy, Europe

Rialto bridge and gondola on the Grand Canal at dusk, Venice, Italy

Aerial view of St Mark's square and San Giorgio Maggiore church, Venice, Italy

St Mark's square at dusk, Venice, Italy

Aerial view of St Mark's square at sunrise, Venice, Italy

Silhouettes of St. Mark's Cathedral and Campanile San Giorgio Maggiore in the fog, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Little Venice, Chora (Mykonos Town), Mykonos, Cyclades Islands, Greece

Venice. Veneto. Italy. Church of Santa Maria Maggiore on the Gran Canal with gondolas covered in snow.

Venice. Veneto. Italy. Gondolas moored on the bacino di San Marco with the island of San Giorgio Maggiore with snow.

The Biblioteca National Marciana Designed by Sansovino and the two Columns in the Piazzetta, Venice; Veneto, Italy

View from the island of Guidecca on San Marco, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Colored Houses on the Waterfront on the Island of Burano, Venice, Italy

Grand Canal with Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti at left and Santa Maria della Salute Church in the Distance, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Venice. Veneto. Italy. The San Marco Basilica and Palazzo dei Dogi in Fog.

Venice. Veneto. Italy. The Ponte di Rialto.

Half-timbered houses of the old town of Colmar, Alsatian Wine Route, France

A woman in a magnificent costume poses in front of Gondolas during the Venice Carnival, Venice Lagoon, St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy

Heart-shaped costume standing on a bridge at the Venice Carnival, Venice, Italy

Heart-shaped costumes at the Venice Carnival, Venice, Italy

Italy, Venice. Woman on stairway wearing Carnival costume.

Colorful evening over the Grand Canal and city of Venice, Veneto, Italy

Venice, Veneto, Italy. Snowfall over moored gondolas along the Grand Canal (Canal Grande).

Venice, Veneto, Italy. Snowfall over moored gondolas along the Grand Canal (Canal Grande).

Rialto bridge at sunset, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

St Mark's Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy. Christmas decorations along the long arcade.

The Borges Labyrinth in San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

St Mark's Basilica, St Mark's Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Venice, Veneto, Italy. San Giorgio Maggiore from the waterfront in Dorsoduro.

Constitution Bridge (Calatrava Bridge) over the Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Rialto bridge, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Rialto bridge, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Grimani palace, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

The Constitution Bridge over the Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Venice, Veneto, Italy. St Mark's Square and Doge's palace.

Rialto bridge at dusk, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Venice, Veneto, Italy. Gondolas and waterfront palace.

Venice, Veneto, Italy. Piazzetta San Marco and the waterfront on a misty morning.

Scala Contarini del Bovolo spiral staircase, Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Scala Contarini del Bovolo spiral staircase, Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Europe, Scotland, Lothian, Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland, Venetian Carnival Mask

Italy.Veneto.Venice. Gondolas moored at the bacino di San Marco with the church of San Giorgio Maggiore in the background.

Italy, Veneto, Venice, Sestieree of San Marco, Small canal and Gondola

Italy, Veneto, Venice, Sestier of Rialto, Rialto Bridge

Italy, Veneto, Venice, Sestiere of Rialto, Gondola and small canal

Italy, Veneto, Venice, Sestiere of San Marco, Historic Hotel Danieli

Gondola on the Grand Canal at sunset with Basilica of Saint Mary of Health in background, Punta della Dogana, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Gondola in the Grand Canal at sunset, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Gondolas at St Mark's Square with the island of San Giorgio Maggiore at the back, at sunset, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Carnival mask, Venice, Veneto, Italy