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RESOURCES

RESOURCE TWO

•  A floor plan which might help the children to imagine the palace:

 

 

https://goo.gl/2a6NLu

 

 

•  Images of the Doge’s palace both today and in the 17th Century can be found online: 

 

https://goo.gl/GGpMGi 

 

https://goo.gl/sSZVg4

 

 

•  The palace has highly polished floors: 

 

https://goo.gl/jYst1p 

•  This painting of a reception at the Doge’s Palace gives an idea of how it would have looked at the 

time: 

 

https://goo.gl/AeM3Jx 

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RESOURCES

RESOURCE THREE

Cooks

Jobs include:

•  Cooking crabs

•  Stirring polenta (a grain you pour into boiling water)

•  Decorating cakes

•  Washing up 

Images of kitchens in the 17th century:

•  https://goo.gl/Nuc6iu 

•  https://goo.gl/zvQaD4 

A fancy cake: 

•  https://goo.gl/25a8p2

Cleaners

Jobs include:

•  Polishing the floors until you can see your face in them

•  Cleaning the chandeliers 

•  Polishing the mirrors 

•  Dusting 

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