Art for All

The Sestiere of is host to important institutions of Art (the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Fondazione Vedova, ), and is a part of the route of the VeniceMarathon, a sporting event held every year on the fourth Sunday in October. During Accademia the VeniceMarathon, temporary ramps are placed on 1 the bridges that are part of the marathon’s course. For over three months these ramps are available to CANAL GRANDE Salute everyone, ensuring better urban accessibility. In eastern Dorsoduro ramps are placed over three bridges: the Collezione Catecumeni, the Calcina and the Incurabili. This year Peggy Guggenheim 4 the ramps will remain in place through June 15th. They 2 guarantee full accessibility to the above mentioned Punta della Dogana S. Maria del Rio Terrà Antonio Foscarini cultural institutions, and improve the accessibility

Rosario ai Gesuati Fond. di Ca’ Bala’ of bridges for all citizens—whether mothers with S. Agnese strollers, tourists or shoppers with trolleys, or artisans with carts—while also allowing Tito and Matilda, who

Zattere Fond. Zattere ai Saloni live in the neighborhood and have limited mobility, to attend school: Ex ospedale Fondazione . degli Incurabili Vedova Venice Art for All Spirito Santo Casa 5 3 Cicogna For information: Città per tutti – Comune di Venezia Spirito Santo Phone: 041 965 5440 Email: [email protected] Web: www.veneziacittapertutti.it

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[1] Board on the Vaporetto no. 1 (wheelchair [3] Along the Zattere one can enjoy and for contemporary art which combines with accessible) in Piazzale Roma or at the train admire the important buildings of the area Palazzo Grassi to form the François Pinault station and reach the Accademia stop. From as well as Andrea Palladio’s famous churches Foundation devoted to major exhibitions of there, follow Rio Terrà Antonio Foscarini to the on the island of Giudecca (Zitelle, Redentore, contemporary art (open daily from May 30, 10 Zattere and the Giudecca Canal. On the right San Giorgio Maggiore). Along the promenade am to 7 pm, closed Tuesdays and Christmas you have the classical façade of the Church you find the Ex-Ospedale degli Incurabili, a Day, www.palazzograssi.it). The exhibition of St. Maria del Rosario ai Gesuati, originally former hospital recently converted into the is accessible by means of elevators inside the built to replace the smaller church that is still Academy of Fine Arts, and the Casa Cicogna museum. standing in the vicinity (the side entrance on by the renowned 20th century architect the right of the building has 4 steps, each Ignazio Gardella. Nearby is the Chiesa dello measuring approximately 16 centimeters). Spirito Santo, built in 1483, with its adjoining [5] By retracing your steps and continuing On the left, along the Zattere, as indicated on convent and façade in Lombard style. along the Rio Terà dei Catecumeni and the the map, is the Calcina bridge, named after Rio Terà ai Saloni, you reach the Saloni—nine the nextdoor hotel, where John Ruskin once In order to reach Punta della Dogana – 14th-century warehouses, the Magazzini del stayed. Francois Pinault Foundation and the Emilio Sale, the first of which at no. 266 is home to and Annabianca Vedova Foundation, return the Emilio and Annabianca Vedova Foundation. to the Accademia stop, take the Vaporetto Dedicated to the artist Emilio Vedova, it is an [2] After the Calcina bridge, turn left and no. 1 (wheelchair accessible) and get off at innovative exhibition space designed by Renzo follow the Fondamenta Ca’ Bragadin. Turn the Salute stop. Piano where works of art are dynamically right along Calle de Chiesa and reach Palazzo presented through the use of robotic shuttles. Vernier dei Leoni, the home of the Peggy An elevator is found at the entrance. The Guggenheim Collection since 1980 (open [4] Here you can admire the Basilica della Salone at no. 50 is Vedova’s former studio, daily, 10 am to 6 pm, closed Tuesdays and Madonna della Salute, an architectural now an exhibiton space accessible from the Christmas Day, www.guggenheim-venice.it). masterpiece by Longhena, built in 1631-87, in side alley. Known as the unfinished building, the Palazzo memory of the deliverance from the plague. The Emilio and Annabianca Vedova houses one of the foremost collections of The staircase to enter the church has 16 steps. Foundation open daily from May 27, European and American 20th century art, the At the end of the walkway on the left hand www.fondazionevedova.org Nasher Sculpture Garden (which, according side is Punta della Dogana, a 17th-century to legend, was formerly inhabited by lions), building that housed the customs house of and temporary exhibitions, all of which are the Venetian Republic. Following a recent For more information on accessibility and the opening accessible via elevators. restoration by the Japanese architect Tadao hours of churches, please consult: Ando, it is now the Pinault Museum - center www.chorusvenezia.org