Writings

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, lists and translations from various sources.

Almost everything is cross-referenced by names of persons, by institutions, by location, and even by bibliography. There is also a glossary of Venetian terms with references.

The podcast and newsletter are on the Venetian Stories website.

  • Churches on Burano, Torcello, Mazzorbo

    Churches on Burano, Torcello, Mazzorbo

    List of all churches on the islands of Burano, Torcello, Mazzorbo — consecrated, deconsecrated and demolished.

  • Churches on Murano

    List of all churches on the island of Murano — consecrated, deconsecrated and demolished.

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  • Patriarchs of Grado and Venice

    Patriarchs of Grado and Venice

    The complete list of the Patriarchs of Grade, Patriarchs of Grado in Venice, and Patriarchs of Venice, since 717 until today

  • Bishops of Venice

    Bishops of Venice

    The complete list of Bishops of Olivolo and Bishops of Venice from 775 to the unification into the Patriarchate of Venice in 1451

  • Podestà and Mayors of Venice

    Podestà and Mayors of Venice

    Complete list of all Podestà, Mayors and commissioners of the Municipality of Venice, from the start of the 1800s until today

  • Doges of Venice

    Doges of Venice

    The complete list of the 120 Doges of Venice from Paoluccio Anafesto in 697 to Ludovico Manin in 1797

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  • Festa delle Marie

    Festa delle Marie

    The “Festa delle Marie” celebrating the liberation of brides abducted by pirates, was an important event in medieval Venice.

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  • San Francesco del Deserto

    San Francesco del Deserto

    San Francesco del Deserto, in the Venetian lagoon, is home to a Franciscan monastery since 1228, with only some short interruptions.

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  • Sestiere San Marco

    Sestiere San Marco

    The Sestiere San Marco is the central part of the city, bounded by the Grand Canal on three sides and a line from the Rialto to the Doge’s Palace on the last. It is one of the smallest of the sestieri, but probably the most important. The vicinity to the economic centre at Rialto and…

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  • Stumbling stones

    Stumbling stones

    Today several stumbling stones were placed in Venice, one of them in memory of Elia Gino Musatti in Salizada dei Greci in Venice

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