Splendid Sunsets Unique to the World - Morphological Tourism

I found the Grand Canal the most interesting area of Venice because of the way it creates these open plazas in the focus of all the rivers meeting. The Grand Canal was populated in the 10th century (Venice was founded in 421AD) because it was deemed safe and ship accessible. As you move through the facades of the buildings that go down the Grand Canal there is a variety of architectural styles, Venetian Byzantine, Gothic and Baroque, Renaissance and Neoclassical. Construction down the Grand canal pretty much stopped in the 18th century.

I knew Monet had travelled to Venice and made a series of paintings so I began to research and found a few amazing paintings that were all painted in the area of the Grand Canal. Monet travelled with his wife from France to Italy to view their sunsets (and it ended his depression!), claiming Venice was a city "Too beautiful to be painted". In these series of paintings he focused on lighting and the 'nature of experience'.

Le Grande Canal and Palazzo Dario

San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight