Italy

In the 18 century, the upper class Europeans undertook voyages, namely the "Grand Tour" to explore the cultural legacy of classical antiquity and the Renaissance, and the aristocratic society of the European continent. One popular destination is Italy. At that time, people have no camera, instead they bought famous paintings as souvenirs. This added high value to the paintings of Venice, which is famous of its unique scenery. "The Bacino di San Marco on Ascension Day" is a work by one of the famous Venice view-painters, Canaletto. If there was such thing as Instagram in the past, he would have the largest number of followers.