Plaques in Venice

Attached to walls throughout the city are plaques honouring the many non-Venetians from the world of literature, music, art and science, who stayed (for longer or shorter periods) in the city. Some, such as the composer Richard Wagner, or the poet Robert Browning, also died here. 

Richard Wagner, Palazzo Vendramin Calergi

Henri de Regnier, Campiello Barbaro

Joseph Brodsky, Zattere

Robert Browning, Ca' Rezzonico

Ezra Pound, Calle Querini

George Sand

Tchaikovsky, Riva degli Schiavoni

Lord Byron, Palazzo Mocenigo

Christian Doppler, Hotel Gabrielli

Franz Kafka, Hotel Gabrieli

John Ruskin, Zattere

William Dean Howells, Calle Vitturi