Author: History Walks Venice
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Due Ponti – Curiosità Veneziane
“Due Ponti (Rio Terrà, Fondamenta dei)” from Curiosità Veneziane by Giuseppe Tassini translated by René Seindal
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Due Ponti and l’Anconeta
Due Ponti and l’Anconeta were well known localities in Venice in the 1700s and earlier, but now both places are long gone.
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Open day at the Lazzaretto Vecchio
The Lazzaretto Vecchio was open for visits this weekend. Openings are occasional and this was only occasion to see the island this year.
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Rio di San Leonardo
The Rio di San Leonardo was interred in 1818, ostensibly for economic reasons, even though the locals complained.
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Old maps of Venice
Old maps are an important source for our understanding of how Venice looked and functioned in the past
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Rio del Isola
Rio del Isola was a canal in Venice which was filled in and joined up with the Lista di Spagna to form the start of the current Strada Nova
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Santa Lucia – church, monastery and railroad station
Where there railroad station Santa Lucia is today once stood two churches (Santa Lucia and Corpus Domini), two monasteries and much more
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Strada Nova – from the Station to Rialto
Venice changed from a city which primarily existed for its inhabitants to a city dominated by tourism, and the Strada Nova was the first step.
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Seven-Eleven in Venice
Seven-Eleven in Venice is the anniversary of a tornado which in 1970 killed 36 persons, mostly in a sunken water bus at Sant’Elena
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Bridges in Venice
If everything is old in Venice, then what about the bridges? Well, surprise, most of them are not. In fact, 3/4 of the bridges are modern.