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  • Popular in 2025

    What have been the most popular articles on History Walks Venice in 2025?

  • New: kayaking tours

    Kayaking in the Venetian lagoon — a unique way of the experiencing Venice and its natural surroundings.

  • The fall of the Republic

    May 12th is the anniversary of the fall of the Republic of Venice in 1797, which in many ways was a quite unique event.

  • An unreasonably short History of Venice

    I have written an Unreasonably short History of Venice, which is free to download and share, both as PDF or e-book.

  • Slow site updates

    Site updates have been and are rather slow because I’m preparing for an exam.

  • A Venetian Stories podcast

    I’ve been told that men of my age are supposed to have a podcast, preferably an obscure one which nobody listens to.

  • Austrians entered Venice

    Austrian soldiers entered Venice on January 18th, 1798.

  • The lagoon in winter

    The lagoon is particularly beautiful in the winter, if one dresses for the weather.

  • Brick pavements at St Mark

    Current digs in the Piazza San Marco reveal the ancient brick pavings of the square, as we know them from paintings.

  • Farewell to Twitter and Facebook

    The old social media sites are by now useless for sharing information, so I will post no further articles there. Posts will still be shared on Mastodon and Bluesky.