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Doge Palace in Venice with children
Doge Palace in Venice with children
The Doge's palace is an interesting historical place. After the Roman Empire fell and after the medieval times a new city sprung up with the Rennaisance. That city was Venice. Venice was ruled with a Roman style senate and the Doge at the head of government. The Doge lived in the palace. The palace is a collection of statues and paintings. There are two highlights that families with kids would find really interesting in the Doge Palace.
The first highlight for kids is the armory room. The armory room is filled with all sorts of different style weapons. There are there for the guard to keep in case ever there is an attack on the palace. There is an amazing array of weapons that are really interesting. Kids will really enjoy seeing the different types of weapons. There are the first types of hunting bows that were made in the 1500's. They also have the porcelain guns that they traded with the Chinese. The also have displays of guns that were taken apart and each different piece of the guns were shown. One of the interesting pieces in the armory is the armor sent by King George the First. The armor was supposed to be made out of the strongest metal in the world. To test this they shot it with a modern day bullet. It bounced off the armor proving it to be really that strong. If you look on the right side of the armor on the breastplate, you can see the dent where the bullet bounced off the armor.
The second highlight of the Doge's palace is the palace prisons. The palace prisons are sort of like the dungeons except they are above ground. They directions are like a maze of twisting passageways all around the palace and are really easy to get lost in. To get to the prisons you cross the Bridge of Sighs. There are a ton of prisons and kids will love seeing each one. There really isn't much to say about it - you really have to see it.
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