Category: Life, customs and ways of doing things
Life in Venice is different because Venice is different from most other cities, and therefore customs and ways of doing things differ from other places.
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Venice rhymes with Wine
Wine is all over in Venice, and always has been
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Then and now, together
As many people still say about Venice: It’s beautiful, but I wouldn’t live there. Much the same can be said of the past.
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More Veneto
“More veneto” refers to the official calendar of the Venetian State which was based on the ancient Roman calendar
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Why rainwater?
The Venetians relied mostly on rainwater for their water supply, because other sources were unaccessible or unacceptable
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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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Garbage collection today
Garbage collection in Venice today is more efficient, but suffers nonetheless from some of the same problems as always.
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Differentiated garbage collection in Venice
Venice had an organised system of differentiated garbage collections from the 1400s, to keep the city clean and the canals open.
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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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Fondamenta de la Tana
Fondamenta de la Tana and Rio de la Tana seem inconspicuous but the name reveals ancient trading connections to the Black Sea.