The writings on this site are split into several categories, but they’re all listed here together, chronologically, newest first.
The categories are Articles, Blog posts, Venetian Stories (newsletters), Lists and translations from Curiosità Veneziane.
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Il Gran Teatro di Venezia — plate 1 — La Piazza di S. Marco
“La Piazza di S. Marco” from the “Gran Teatro di Venezia”, published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717.
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Il Gran Teatro di Venezia — plate 18 — Veduta della Chiesa di S. Giustina
“Veduta della Chiesa di S. Giustina” from the “Gran Teatro di Venezia”, published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717.
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Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane — 12 — Gran Consiglio
“Gran Consiglio” from the “Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane”, published by Giacomo Franco, c. 1610.
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Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane — Giacomo Franco
About forty engravings from the early 1600s, with dresses, attires, ceremonies, feasts, regattas and much more.
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Il Gran Teatro di Venezia — plate 48 — Veduta della Fondamenta della Croce di Venetia
“Veduta della Fondamenta della Croce di Venetia” from the “Gran Teatro di Venezia”, published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717.
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The game of Pallone
The “Game of Pallone” was the quintessential ball game in the Republic of Venice and elsewhere, but it wasn’t really like any modern game.
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Nobile alla Rachetta — Grevembroch 1-94
“Nobile alla Rachetta” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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The game of Calcio
The Venetians played ball games of various kinds. The game of Calcio is the one sounds most modern, but it wasn’t exactly like it’s played today. Far from it, in fact.
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Il Gran teatro di Venezia — Domenico Lovisa
The engravings published by Domenico Lovisa in the early 1700s are among the illustrations of Venice most often used in books and articles.
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Ball games in Venice
The Venetians of yore played ball games for fun and sports. Some of these ball games were similar to modern sports, even if not excessively