Tassini 1863 Curiosità
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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
Strada Nove #4: 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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Rio di San Leonardo
Strada Nove #3: The Rio di San Leonardo was interred in 1818, ostensibly for economic reasons, even though the locals complained.
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Rio del Isola
Strada Nove #2: 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
Strada Nove #1: 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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Odd names in Venice – what were they thinking?
Big Eyes, Honest Women and the Love of Friends. There are some odd place names in Venice, which pose many questions with few answers.
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Castello — Curiosità Veneziane
“Castello (Sestiere, Canale di)” from Curiosità Veneziane by Giuseppe Tassini
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Tana — Curiosità Veneziane
“Tana (Fondamenta, Rio, Ponte, Ramo del Ponte, Campo della)” from Curiosità Veneziane by Giuseppe Tassini
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Casselleria — Curiosità Veneziane
“Casselleria” from Curiosità Veneziane by Giuseppe Tassini
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List of fires in Venice
Fires were a very real preoccupation of the Venetians, and there have been many fires in Venice over the centuries