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Venice in the Middle Ages: Documents and Torture Instruments
A 1-hour visit to the Maleficia exhibition of medieval Venice documents, objects, and torture instruments with included audio guide.
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Highlights
Medieval documents and objects
Torture instruments display
Audio guide included
1-hour visit
Maleficia exhibition
What's Included
Exhibition admission
Audio guide
Medieval Venice revealed
The Maleficia exhibition presents the darker side of medieval Venice through original documents, objects, and torture instruments. It offers a counterpoint to the golden-age narrative that dominates most Venice tourism, showing the justice system, the superstitions, and the punishments that were part of daily life in the Republic. An audio guide accompanies your visit.
The exhibition
Original documents, including court records and official decrees, sit alongside the physical instruments of Venetian justice. The audio guide provides context for each display, explaining how the justice system operated, what crimes were punished and how, and the legal framework that governed life in the Republic. The exhibition makes abstract historical concepts concrete through objects that were actually used.
The instruments
The torture instruments are displayed with explanatory material that places them in their legal and social context. They are not presented for shock value but as evidence of a justice system that, while harsh by modern standards, operated within its own logic. Understanding that system tells you something about Venice that the Palace's golden ceilings do not.
A different perspective
Venice's tourist narrative focuses on beauty, art, and wealth. This exhibition adds the dimensions of power, fear, and control that were equally present. Visiting it alongside the Doge's Palace creates a more complete picture of how the Republic actually functioned: both the grandeur and the mechanisms that maintained it.
Book your exhibition tickets
See medieval Venice without the gilding. Book your exhibition tickets today.
Follow exhibition rules
No flash photography
Supervise children
Respect the exhibits
Dilluns
Dimarts
Dimecres
Dijous
Divendres
Dissabte
Diumenge
10:00am – 6:00pm 10:00am – 6:00pm 10:00am – 6:00pm 10:00am – 6:00pm 10:00am – 6:00pm 10:00am – 6:00pm 10:00am – 6:00pm
How long is the visit?
Approximately 1 hour.
Is it suitable for children?
Use parental judgement; the exhibition contains torture instruments.
Can I cancel my booking?
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience.
Duration: approximately 1 hour
Audio guide included
Contains torture instruments
Parental discretion advised
Not included: guided tour
Cancel·lació gratuïta fins a 24 hores abans de l’experiència.
Ponte della Paglia-30122
Highlights
Medieval documents and objects
Torture instruments display
Audio guide included
1-hour visit
Maleficia exhibition
What's Included
Exhibition admission
Audio guide
Medieval Venice revealed
The Maleficia exhibition presents the darker side of medieval Venice through original documents, objects, and torture instruments. It offers a counterpoint to the golden-age narrative that dominates most Venice tourism, showing the justice system, the superstitions, and the punishments that were part of daily life in the Republic. An audio guide accompanies your visit.
The exhibition
Original documents, including court records and official decrees, sit alongside the physical instruments of Venetian justice. The audio guide provides context for each display, explaining how the justice system operated, what crimes were punished and how, and the legal framework that governed life in the Republic. The exhibition makes abstract historical concepts concrete through objects that were actually used.
The instruments
The torture instruments are displayed with explanatory material that places them in their legal and social context. They are not presented for shock value but as evidence of a justice system that, while harsh by modern standards, operated within its own logic. Understanding that system tells you something about Venice that the Palace's golden ceilings do not.
A different perspective
Venice's tourist narrative focuses on beauty, art, and wealth. This exhibition adds the dimensions of power, fear, and control that were equally present. Visiting it alongside the Doge's Palace creates a more complete picture of how the Republic actually functioned: both the grandeur and the mechanisms that maintained it.
Book your exhibition tickets
See medieval Venice without the gilding. Book your exhibition tickets today.
Follow exhibition rules
No flash photography
Supervise children
Respect the exhibits
Dilluns
Dimarts
Dimecres
Dijous
Divendres
Dissabte
Diumenge
10:00am – 6:00pm 10:00am – 6:00pm 10:00am – 6:00pm 10:00am – 6:00pm 10:00am – 6:00pm 10:00am – 6:00pm 10:00am – 6:00pm
How long is the visit?
Approximately 1 hour.
Is it suitable for children?
Use parental judgement; the exhibition contains torture instruments.
Can I cancel my booking?
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience.
Duration: approximately 1 hour
Audio guide included
Contains torture instruments
Parental discretion advised
Not included: guided tour
Cancel·lació gratuïta fins a 24 hores abans de l’experiència.
Ponte della Paglia-30122
Highlights
Medieval documents and objects
Torture instruments display
Audio guide included
1-hour visit
Maleficia exhibition
What's Included
Exhibition admission
Audio guide
Medieval Venice revealed
The Maleficia exhibition presents the darker side of medieval Venice through original documents, objects, and torture instruments. It offers a counterpoint to the golden-age narrative that dominates most Venice tourism, showing the justice system, the superstitions, and the punishments that were part of daily life in the Republic. An audio guide accompanies your visit.
The exhibition
Original documents, including court records and official decrees, sit alongside the physical instruments of Venetian justice. The audio guide provides context for each display, explaining how the justice system operated, what crimes were punished and how, and the legal framework that governed life in the Republic. The exhibition makes abstract historical concepts concrete through objects that were actually used.
The instruments
The torture instruments are displayed with explanatory material that places them in their legal and social context. They are not presented for shock value but as evidence of a justice system that, while harsh by modern standards, operated within its own logic. Understanding that system tells you something about Venice that the Palace's golden ceilings do not.
A different perspective
Venice's tourist narrative focuses on beauty, art, and wealth. This exhibition adds the dimensions of power, fear, and control that were equally present. Visiting it alongside the Doge's Palace creates a more complete picture of how the Republic actually functioned: both the grandeur and the mechanisms that maintained it.
Book your exhibition tickets
See medieval Venice without the gilding. Book your exhibition tickets today.
Duration: approximately 1 hour
Audio guide included
Contains torture instruments
Parental discretion advised
Not included: guided tour
Follow exhibition rules
No flash photography
Supervise children
Respect the exhibits
How long is the visit?
Approximately 1 hour.
Is it suitable for children?
Use parental judgement; the exhibition contains torture instruments.
Can I cancel my booking?
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience.
Cancel·lació gratuïta fins a 24 hores abans de l’experiència.
Ponte della Paglia-30122
Highlights
Medieval documents and objects
Torture instruments display
Audio guide included
1-hour visit
Maleficia exhibition
What's Included
Exhibition admission
Audio guide
Medieval Venice revealed
The Maleficia exhibition presents the darker side of medieval Venice through original documents, objects, and torture instruments. It offers a counterpoint to the golden-age narrative that dominates most Venice tourism, showing the justice system, the superstitions, and the punishments that were part of daily life in the Republic. An audio guide accompanies your visit.
The exhibition
Original documents, including court records and official decrees, sit alongside the physical instruments of Venetian justice. The audio guide provides context for each display, explaining how the justice system operated, what crimes were punished and how, and the legal framework that governed life in the Republic. The exhibition makes abstract historical concepts concrete through objects that were actually used.
The instruments
The torture instruments are displayed with explanatory material that places them in their legal and social context. They are not presented for shock value but as evidence of a justice system that, while harsh by modern standards, operated within its own logic. Understanding that system tells you something about Venice that the Palace's golden ceilings do not.
A different perspective
Venice's tourist narrative focuses on beauty, art, and wealth. This exhibition adds the dimensions of power, fear, and control that were equally present. Visiting it alongside the Doge's Palace creates a more complete picture of how the Republic actually functioned: both the grandeur and the mechanisms that maintained it.
Book your exhibition tickets
See medieval Venice without the gilding. Book your exhibition tickets today.
Duration: approximately 1 hour
Audio guide included
Contains torture instruments
Parental discretion advised
Not included: guided tour
Follow exhibition rules
No flash photography
Supervise children
Respect the exhibits
How long is the visit?
Approximately 1 hour.
Is it suitable for children?
Use parental judgement; the exhibition contains torture instruments.
Can I cancel my booking?
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience.
Cancel·lació gratuïta fins a 24 hores abans de l’experiència.
Ponte della Paglia-30122
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