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  • Due Ponti – Curiosità Veneziane

    Due Ponti – Curiosità Veneziane

    “Due Ponti (Rio Terrà, Fondamenta dei)” from Curiosità Veneziane by Giuseppe Tassini translated by René Seindal

    Posted in: Curiosità Veneziane.
  • Due Ponti and l’Anconeta

    Due Ponti and l’Anconeta

    Due Ponti and l’Anconeta were well known localities in Venice in the 1700s and earlier, but now both places are long gone.

    Posted in: Buildings, Palaces and Churches, Strada Nova.
  • Open day at the Lazzaretto Vecchio

    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.

    Posted in: The Lazzaretti of Venice.
  • Rio di San Leonardo

    Rio di San Leonardo

    The Rio di San Leonardo was interred in 1818, ostensibly for economic reasons, even though the locals complained.

    Posted in: Rio Terà, Strada Nova.
  • Old maps of Venice

    Old maps of Venice

    Old maps are an important source for our understanding of how Venice looked and functioned in the past

    Posted in: Sources.
  • Rio del Isola

    Rio del Isola

    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

    Posted in: Rio Terà, Strada Nova.
  • Santa Lucia – church, monastery and railroad station

    Santa Lucia – church, monastery and railroad station

    Where there railroad station Santa Lucia is today once stood two churches (Santa Lucia and Corpus Domini), two monasteries and much more

    Posted in: Buildings, Palaces and Churches, Strada Nova.
  • Strada Nova – from the Station to Rialto

    Strada Nova – from the Station to Rialto

    Venice changed from a city which primarily existed for its inhabitants to a city dominated by tourism, and the Strada Nova was the first step.

    Posted in: Strada Nova.
  • Seven-Eleven in Venice

    Seven-Eleven in Venice

    Seven-Eleven in Venice is the anniversary of a tornado which in 1970 killed 36 persons, mostly in a sunken water bus at Sant’Elena

    Posted in: Historical Events.
  • Bridges in Venice

    Bridges in Venice

    If everything is old in Venice, then what about the bridges? Well, surprise, most of them are not. In fact, 3/4 of the bridges are modern.

    Posted in: Buildings, Palaces and Churches.
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