Giardini Pubblici
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Il Gran Teatro di Venezia — plate 16 — Veduta delle due Chiese di S. Nicolò e S. Giuseppe di Castello
“Veduta delle due Chiese di S. Nicolò e S. Giuseppe di Castello” from the “Gran Teatro di Venezia”, published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717.
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A headless eagle
Headless eagles on Venetian lampposts — small signs of big events in the past.
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Daghe adosso, Nino!
An Austrian admiral giving orders in Venetian, in a naval battle against Italy, which eventually led to Venice becoming Italian
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Sestiere Castello
The Sestiere Castello is the easternmost of the six sestieri of Venice, and the largest and populous.
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List of statues in public spaces in Venice
There are very few statues for great men in public spaces in Venice, of which only one (1) from the time of the Venetian Republic.
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Why are there so few statues in Venice?
The Venetians didn’t do statues of great men in public spaces. In over a millennium only one such statue was erected in Venice.
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An ancient game board in Venice
Every stone in Venice tells a story. Recently I stumbled upon a stone telling a story of gaming. It had incised a Nine men’s Morris game board