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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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”.
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Luigi Scolari
In central Venice, in a little used passageway, an inscription commemorates a Luigi Scolari, killed by the Austrians on June 14th, 1859.
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“June 14th 1859 – memories” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (1867) (translated)
The translated text of “Il 14 giugno 1859 – memorie” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio, about the death of Luigi Scolari on June 14th 1859
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“Il 14 giugno 1859 – memorie” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (1867)
The full Italian text of “Il 14 giugno 1859 – memorie” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio, published in 1867 about the death of Luigi Scolari.
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Sestiere – sestieri
Venice is divided into six sestiere whose origin is as old as the city of Venice itself. As far as we know, they have always been there.
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The past in the present
In Venice past and present is intertwined, for the residents as much as for the tourists. It is one of the great attractions of Venice.
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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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Festa del Redentore
The Festa del Redentore has been celebrated in Venice since 1577, to mark the end of the disastrous plague epidemic of 1575-77.
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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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Arzanà – Arsenale – Arsenal
The word arsenal came to Europe from Arabic through the Venetian language – from the original meaning of a workplace it became a shipyard