Fires
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L’Esca, e Solferini — street seller of tinder, matches and flint — Zompini — Arti #52
“L’Esca, e Solferini” (street seller of tinder, matches and flint) from “Arti che vanno per via” (1785) by Getano Zompini, translated by René Seindal.
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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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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”.