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title: Hall of the Great Council, Doge's Palace, Venice
author: Riccardo Lelli
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17836/hall-of-the-great-council-doges-palace-venice/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2023-08-28
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# Hall of the Great Council, Doge's Palace, Venice

_Authored by Riccardo Lelli_

## Image File

[![Hall of the Great Council, Doge's Palace, Venice](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17836.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17836.jpg)

## Image Caption

Hall of the Great Council, Doge's [Palace](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/palace/), Venice. The room is 53 meters long and 25 meters wide (173 x 82 ft) and can seat 2,000 people. On the back [wall](https://www.worldhistory.org/wall/) is one of the largest oil paintings on canvas in the world: The Glory of Paradise by Jacopo [Tintoretto](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tintoretto/). The ceilings are inset with more paintings, ringed from floor to ceiling in [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/).

## Cite This Work

### APA
Lelli, R. (2023, August 28). Hall of the Great Council, Doge's Palace, Venice. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17836/hall-of-the-great-council-doges-palace-venice/>
### Chicago
Lelli, Riccardo. "Hall of the Great Council, Doge's Palace, Venice." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 28, 2023. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17836/hall-of-the-great-council-doges-palace-venice/>.
### MLA
Lelli, Riccardo. "Hall of the Great Council, Doge's Palace, Venice." *World History Encyclopedia*, 28 Aug 2023, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17836/hall-of-the-great-council-doges-palace-venice/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Interno_della_Sala_del_Maggior_Consiglio_-_Palazzo_Ducale,_Venezia.JPG) by [**Riccardo Lelli**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Interno_della_Sala_del_Maggior_Consiglio_-_Palazzo_Ducale,_Venezia.JPG). Submitted by [Ibolya Horváth](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/horvath.ibolya/ "User Page: Ibolya Horváth"), published on 28 August 2023. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.