SECRET ITINERARY OF THE PRISONS OF PIAZZA SAN MARCO

Discover the ancient prisons of Piazza San Marco connected to the Doge's Palace by the Bridge of Sighs . One of the first prisons in Europe.

You will be accompanied along the secret itinerary where you will visit places never visited until today : enter the torture room and you will see authentic tools used in the past to make criminals confess!

You will discover that justice was handled by the Lords of the Night: the terrible Venetian police who watched the crimes and brought offenders in front of the courtroom!

You will go down into the cold cells and understand the lifestyle of the inmates: what they ate, drank and where they slept.
Admire the original graffiti left by the prisoners and then, listen to Casanova's thrilling escape: the only one who managed to escape from the maximum security prison known as "Piombi" !

Hear the stories and legends that still reside inside these cells today. Along the itinerary you will enjoy the explanation of the powerful "Council of Ten", made up of the highest exponents of Venetian politics who controlled justice in all Venetian domains.

Since the birth of the Republic , Venice has always been attentive to the administration of justice, which its own judicial system, made up of courts, lawyers and magistrates, took care of with pride. One of the main points was the operational...