Guided tours

Tour of the Giardini della Biennale, where La Biennale di Venezia and the idea of the Visual Arts Biennale were born. The Giardini, an open-air historical document of the post-Napoleonic era, the Belle Epoque, the twentieth-century wars, the Fascist era and post-war reconstruction. The historic gardens and architectural treasures of the Giardini feature masterpieces by, among others, Alvar Aalto, BBPR, Brenno del Giudice, Sverre Fehn, Josef Hoffmann, Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, Carlo Scarpa, Aleksei V. Shschusev, James F. Stirling, Takamasa Yoshizaka.

Tour location: Giardini della Biennale
Duration: 2 hours approx.
Participants: maximum 25
Languages: Italian and English. Tours can be booked in French, German and Spanish by writing to promozione@labiennale.org (subject to availability on the required date).

The tour in English takes place every Tuesday (at 4:30 pm) through September 30^th, 2020.

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A tour dedicated to the history of Venice’s Arsenale Sud: starting from its current use, sustained by recent restoration work and modern additions, back to its mythical foundation in the Middle Ages. The tour will also include the photographs featured in the exhibition La Biennale at the Arsenale 1998/2020. Renovation and Redevelopment, on display in the spaces of the Arsenale.

Tour location: Arsenale
Duration: 2 hours approx.
Participants: maximum 25
Languages: Italian. Tours can be booked in English, French, German and Spanish by writing to promozione@labiennale.org (subject to availability on the required date).

The tour in English takes place every Sunday (at 2:15 pm)

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Every week, four different itineraries will reconstruct the history of the Giardini, at different moments in its past, each of which contributed to the exceptional interest of the place from an architectural, historical, cultural and political point of view. Each tour will examine a different historical period and the legacy it has left behind.

Themes
1. The Cradle of La Biennale exhibitions. From Napoleonic garden to Exhibition Park
2. The Garden of World Powers. From the Belle Époque to the Great War
3. The Garden of Diplomacy. From the Postwar period to the 1940s
4. The Garden of the World. From reconstruction to globalization

Tour location: Giardini della Biennale
Duration: 2 hours approx.
Participants: maximum 25
Languages: Italian. Tours can be booked in English, French, German and Spanish by writing to promozione@labiennale.org (subject to availability on the required date).

The service is free of charge, with reservations required. Activities can be booked up to 2 hours before their scheduled time, to allow our staff to conduct the activity in full compliance with required health guidelines.

NOTICE: to comply with the health emergency protocols required for cultural activities, we urge visitors to arrive ten minutes early, with their face mask, to allow for the required registration procedures. Late arrival after scheduled starting time will automatically lead to the cancellation of the reservation.

Reservations are strictly personal and non-transferable.

29 and 30 September:
5:30 pm Historical tour of the Arsenale + 7:30 pm concert of the Biennale Musica at Teatro alle Tese

3 and 4 October:
10:30 am Historical tour of the Arsenale + ore 12:00 pm Encounter with Raphaël Cendo (3 Oct.) and/or concert of the Biennale Musica at Teatro Piccolo Arsenale (4 Oct.)

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Prices from € 15.50 to € 21.50 (Free on 3 October)