Articles
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Alleyways of Fire
In the Castello sestiere an alleyway has a name that poses more questions than it answers. It is literally the “Alleyway of the first fire”.
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Luigi Scolari
In central Venice, in a little used passageway, an inscription commemorates a Luigi Scolari, killed by the Austrians on June 14th, 1859.
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“June 14th 1859 – memories” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (1867) (translated)
The translated text of “Il 14 giugno 1859 – memorie” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio, about the death of Luigi Scolari on June 14th 1859
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“Il 14 giugno 1859 – memorie” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (1867)
The full Italian text of “Il 14 giugno 1859 – memorie” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio, published in 1867 about the death of Luigi Scolari.
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Sestiere – sestieri
Venice is divided into six sestiere whose origin is as old as the city of Venice itself. As far as we know, they have always been there.
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Why rainwater?
The Venetians relied mostly on rainwater for their water supply, because other sources were unaccessible or unacceptable
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Festa del Redentore
The Festa del Redentore has been celebrated in Venice since 1577, to mark the end of the disastrous plague epidemic of 1575-77.
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Well, actually
Venice has been described as a city on water without water – still there’s a well in every square and every courtyard
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Arzanà – Arsenale – Arsenal
The word arsenal came to Europe from Arabic through the Venetian language – from the original meaning of a workplace it became a shipyard
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A Chronology of the Lazzaretto Nuovo
A chronology of the Lazzaretto Nuovo, the first permanent quarantine station for the bubonic plague in the world, founded in 1468 by the Republic of Venice.