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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Sponze, Naranze , ec. — Sponges, brooms and citrus fruit sellers — Zompini — Arti #45
“Sponze, Naranze , ec.” (Sponges, brooms and citrus fruit sellers) from “Arti che vanno per via” (1785) by Gaetano Zompini, translated by René Seindal.
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Contadin con Polame — farmer selling poultry — Zompini — Arti #47
“Contadin con Polame” (farmer selling poultry) from “Arti che vanno per via” (1785) by Gaetano Zompini, translated by René Seindal.
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Gaetano Zompini and the trades of Venice
The “Arti che vanno per via nella città di Venezia”, by Gaetano Zompini, is a fantastic source for how people appeared on the streets of Venice in the mid-1700s.
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Why do the residents leave Venice?
A three-day agricultural fair in Venice expels the locals from all the public spaces for three weeks.
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Comments on the “Catalogo di tutte le principal et più honorate Cortigiane di Venetia”
Notes and comments on the “Catalogo di tutte le principal et più honorate Cortigiane di Venetia”
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A catalogue of Venetian prostitutes
The “Catalogo di tutte le principal et più honorate Cortigiane di Venetia” is a list of some 212 prostitutes, where they lived, and their prices.
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An earl, a girl and a gondola
On March 18, 1618, the Collegio received Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639), the ambassador of the King of Great Britain to the Republic of Venice, who had a rather odd request.
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An authorless book
A book without an author, paid for by a Count of Oxford, who didn’t exist — still it’s useful.