Life, customs and ways of doing things
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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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Rubbish 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 rubbish 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.