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Prostitution in Venice
In ancient Venice prostitution was considered a necessary evil, where more harm would come from a ban than from a de facto acceptance
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Old maps of Venice
Old maps are an important source for our understanding of how Venice looked and functioned in the past
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A Chronology of the Black Plague in Venice
The black plague ravaged Venice for centuries, from the mid 1300s to the late 1700s. This is a chronology of some of the most important events.
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The mysterious hooks of fortune at San Canciano
A bridge at San Canciano is called the “bridge of the hung and quartered”. Nearby hangs some hooks on the wall, but nobody knows what they were for.
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Map of the lagoon islands
This is an interactive map of most of the islands in the Venetian lagoon. Many islands are abandoned, or privately owned and inaccessible
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Ca’ Dario
The Ca’ Dario on the Grand Canal in Venice has lately acquired a bad reputation, but it is almost guaranteed ghost-less.
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The Blue Door
In Venice, near Santa Maria Formosa, there’s a blueish green door everybody photographs.
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Streets in Venice
Streets in Venice have different names from in the rest of Italy, because Venice wasn’t a part of Italy for most of its history.
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The statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni
There aren’t a lot of statues in Venice to commemorate great men of the past, but there is one for Bartolomeo Colleoni, who wasn’t even Venetian.
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A catalogue of Venetian prostitutes
The “Catalogo di tutte le principal et più honorate Cortigiane di Venetia” is a list of some 212 prostitutes, where they lived, and their prices.
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