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  • Tole (Barbaria delle) – Curiosità Veneziane

    Tole (Barbaria delle) – Curiosità Veneziane

    “Barbaria delle Tole” from Curiosità Veneziane by Giuseppe Tassini

    Posted in: Curiosità Veneziane.
  • Alleyways of Fire

    Alleyways of Fire

    In the Castello sestiere an alleyway has a name that poses more questions than it answers. It is literally the “Alleyway of the first fire”.

    Posted in: Curiosities.
  • Luigi Scolari

    Luigi Scolari

    In central Venice, in a little used passageway, an inscription commemorates a Luigi Scolari, killed by the Austrians on June 14th, 1859.

    Posted in: Venetians.
  • “June 14th 1859 – memories” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (1867) (translated)

    “June 14th 1859 – memories” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (1867) (translated)

    The translated text of “Il 14 giugno 1859 – memorie” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio, about the death of Luigi Scolari on June 14th 1859

    Posted in: Sources.
  • “Il 14 giugno 1859 – memorie” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (1867)

    “Il 14 giugno 1859 – memorie” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (1867)

    The full Italian text of “Il 14 giugno 1859 – memorie” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio, published in 1867 about the death of Luigi Scolari.

    Posted in: Sources.
  • Sestiere – sestieri

    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.

    Posted in: La Serenissima.
  • The past in the present

    The past in the present

    In Venice past and present is intertwined, for the residents as much as for the tourists. It is one of the great attractions of Venice.

    Posted in: Modern Venice.
  • Why rainwater?

    Why rainwater?

    The Venetians relied mostly on rainwater for their water supply, because other sources were unaccessible or unacceptable

    Posted in: Life, customs and ways of doing things, Why Venice?.
  • Festa del Redentore

    Festa del Redentore

    The Festa del Redentore has been celebrated in Venice since 1577, to mark the end of the disastrous plague epidemic of 1575-77.

    Posted in: Historical Events.
  • Well, actually

    Well, actually

    Venice has been described as a city on water without water – still there’s a well in every square and every courtyard

    Posted in: Life, customs and ways of doing things.
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