Venice was a buzzing city, full of people and activity, and of course, the Venetian had their particular ways of doing things in their daily lives.

Making the city work

• Differentiated rubbish collection in Venice
  • Rubbish collection today
• Streets in Venice
• Well, actually
• Why rainwater?

Food and drink

• Venice rhymes with Wine
• Street-food in the 1700s

Social relations

• Prostitution in Venice
• Slaves in Venice

Games and sport

• Ball games in Venice
• The game of Pallone
• The game of Calcio

Health and disease

• Venice treacle
• A Theriac recipe (1734)
• A Theriac advertisement (1688)
• The preparation of Theriac — two prints (1600s)
• Speziali or Pharmacies in Venice
• Episode 23 — Venice treacle — the cure-all remedy

Business and trade

• Nightingale Muzak
• Ink and Rat Poison

Crime and punishment

• When you could hang for wearing a fake beard
• Fornicators of Nuns

The Venetian language

• The Venetian Language
• Ballot and ballottaggio
• Ghetto – A Venetian word
• Arzanà – Arsenale – Arsenal
• Ciao – I’m your slave
• The word “Lazzaretto”
• Quarantine – forty days of isolation

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