The lagoon is particularly beautiful in the winter, if one dresses for the weather.
The Sestiere Castello is the easternmost of the six sestieri of Venice, and the largest and populous.
Fires were a very real preoccupation of the Venetians, and there have been many fires in Venice over the centuries
The word arsenal came to Europe from Arabic through the Venetian language – from the original meaning of a workplace it became a shipyard