Sights of Venice

Venice (Italian: Venezia) is a city in Italy. Built on 118 islands. The city is crossed by 170 streams and more than 400 bridges.
It is like a city monument, where each building has a unique history. More than 18 million people visit Venice every year, and 50,000 daily. Experts estimate that by 2030, Venice could become a ghost town, where tourists will only come in the morning and leave in the evening.
The main attraction of Venice is St. Mark's Square, where the cathedral of the same name is admired by countless tourists. At the top of the entrance to St. Mark's Cathedral, for centuries everyone has been greeted with its noble posture by a figurative group of four horses, which, by the way, was given to Nero by the Armenian king Trdatus during his coronation in Rome in 66, and in 1204 they reached Venice. Once upon a time, a historical event took place here in the Venetian Republic when the last titular queen of Cilician Armenia, Caterina Cornaro, arrived in Venice and handed over Cyprus to the Venetian Republic, marking the beginning of the historical regatta. this repeats every year. By the way, the remains of the last titular queen of Cilician Armenia rest in the Cathedral of St. Salvador in Venice with a corresponding inscription on the tombstone.
The Armenian Church of the Holy Cross, founded in 1434, is located on Haykakan Street in the Sas-Zulian district of Venice. Since 1740, the Mkhitaryan fathers have prayed in the church. Holy Cross is the only medieval church in Italy still in use. Holy liturgies are celebrated only according to the Armenian rite, on the last Sunday of every month, at 10:30. We also inform you that the church is open only on Sundays.
Since 1850, the Murad-Raphael College has been located in Palazzo Zenobio, the most beautiful palace in Venice, rich in frescoes by Tiepolo and Louis Dorigny. Many Armenians were raised here “for the glory of the Motherland and God.”
The great Armenian poet Daniel Varuzhan, actor Vahram Papazyan, musician Gurgen Alemshah and many, many other famous Armenian intellectuals also studied here. The “hall of mirrors” of the palace is noteworthy, where world famous films were filmed.
The symbol of the Armenian world in Venice is the island of St. Lazarus, where the Armenian Mekhitarist Congregation, founded by Mkhitar Sebasti, has been located since 1717. The congregation is part of Armenia in the heart of Europe, which has been carrying out scientific, cultural and religious activities for centuries. In 1773, a branch separated from the community and settled in Vienna, but in 2000 the communities merged.