Sometimes you stumble across a LEGO fan creation that you’d just love to see in the brick. This creation by Barthezz Brick is a good example of that. Each and every building in this creation could be featured on TBB. We generally wait until a builder has finished their work in progress before highlighting the finished build, but at some point I couldn’t control myself and wrote an article about a couple of detail shots that Barthezz posted. But finally, it’s done!

It took Barthezz about 3000 hours over the last 3 years. You are looking at a creation containing roughly 250,000 bricks. Barthezz drew inspiration from a trip to Venice and was dared by their partner to actually build the city with everyone’s favourite construction toy.

One thing that is lacking from this Venice are the tourists and their trolley cases. Barthezz imagined what the city would have looked like in the year 1486. If you look closer you can spot some Assassins’s Creed references. And while you are taking a closer look, check out all the amazing architectural details Barthezz managed to cram into this lovely build.