Friday, July 25, 2014

Venice and its empire


Spent two weeks sailing along the Adriatic and eastern Mediterranean, basically following the tracks of the Venetian Empire visiting Venetian  strongholds such as Hvar, Korcula, Zadar, and Split  in Croatia,  Kotor in Montenegro, Chania in Crete as well as holdouts to the Venetians such as Dubrovnik in Croatia. Here is a random sample of photos of a journey that began and ended in Venice.

Palladian church in Venice (© John Rennie Short)


Rector's Palace, Dubrovnik (© John Rennie Short)


Sailing into Kotor, Montenegro (© John Rennie Short)


Byzantine Church in Zadar (© John Rennie Short)


Korcula (© John Rennie Short)



Ottoaman  mosque in Chania (© John Rennie Short)




Along the Grand Canal, Venice (© John Rennie Short)