Lagoon
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St Nicholas — protector of sailors, virgins and reindeer
St Nicholas is celebrated on December 6th in much of Christianity. Associated with sailors and gift-giving, he is the origin of Santa Claus.
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A day in the Lagoon
What do you see when you go shopping for ninety kg of dog food in Venice? The Venetian Lagoon is full of overlooked small wonders.
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Festa della Salute
The Festa della Salute each year on November 21st is an important holiday in Venice. The event celebrates the end of the plague in 1631.
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Lazzaretto Vecchio – six centuries
On October 10th, 1423, exactly six hundred years ago, the Venetian state decided to create the first lazaret in the world.
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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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Six hundred years of Lazzaretto Vecchio
On this day, six hundred years ago, the Senate of the Republic of Venice decided to create the first ever permanent plague hospital, the Lazzaretto Vecchio
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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
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Sestiere – sestieri
Venice is divided into six sestiere whose origin is as old as the city of Venice itself. As far as we know, they have always been there.
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Well, actually
Venice has been described as a city on water without water – still there’s a well in every square and every courtyard
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A Chronology of the Lazzaretto Nuovo
A chronology of the Lazzaretto Nuovo, the first permanent quarantine station for the bubonic plague in the world, founded in 1468 by the Republic of Venice.