Venice's Doge's Palace: Uncovering Venice's Secrets

🏰 The video showcases a detailed digital reproduction of Venice, specifically focusing on the Doge's Palace and the Hall of the Great Council.

🖼️ The Hall of the Great Council features magnificent paintings on the walls and ceiling that depict significant events and legends in Venice's history.

🔔 The Doge's Palace, besides being a residence, played a crucial role in the political assembly of Venice, and it is accompanied by the red Britain bell tower in St. Mark's Square.

🏰 Venice's leaders considered the palace like Buckingham Palace, the houses of parliament, Whitehall, and the Tower of London combined.

🔒 The palace had hidden passageways for the secret police and squalid prison cells, revealing the intertwining of secret and public spaces.

⚖️ The chamber of the three housed Venice's feared guardians of justice, and had an octagonal painting called 'Victory of Virtue over Vice.'

🏰 Venice's Doge's Palace was the center of Venice's unique governance system.

🔒 The torture chamber in the palace was used to interrogate and punish victims.

🌆 Venice was governed through a combination of democracy, spectacle, and terror.