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		<title>Amazing pictures of Villa Pisani, Strà</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick post with some beautiful pictures of Vlla Pisani In Strà, on the Riviera del Brenta near Venice. The author is a local photographer Franco Amormino, you can see all of his collection on fliker
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		<title>Snow Storm in Venice</title>
		<link>http://www.monicacesarato.com/blog/2010/03/09/snow-storm-in-venice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s March 10th and it fells like Christmas Day in Siberia!
These are a couple of videos I took of the situation outside the house at 8.30 am, you can hear the wind howling, well it is worse than it looks!
Venice&#8217;s countryside in the snow storm on March 10th 2010

Countryside in Oriago, near Venice under snow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Old Venetian Proverbs about Food, Drink and Family</title>
		<link>http://www.monicacesarato.com/blog/2010/03/09/10-old-venetian-proverbs-about-food-drink-and-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[10 Old Venetian Proverbs about Food, Drink and Family
Yesterday at the library in Oriago, my home town, I came across a very interesting book about old Venetian proverbs, many of which I remember from when I was young and many I did not know.
The book is called Proverbi Veneti Commentati by Mario Massari and is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astronomy and Mineral Exhibition in Villa Farsetti, Near Venice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Astronomy and Mineral Exhibition in Villa Farsetti, Near Venice
Yesterday, 7th March 2010, here on the Riviera del Brenta was a beautiful sunny and windy day, preparing us for maybe what will be a nice Springtime (we hope).
We decided to head for the day to Villa Farsetti in Santa Maria di Sala, a small town 30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Villa &amp; Barchessa Widmann in Mira, just outside Venice</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VILLA E BARCHESSA WIDMANN IN MIRA, JUST OUTSIDE VENICE
I find myself always talking about Venice,
but today I decided it was time to talk about the Terraferma (the inland) and about what it can offer to Venice&#8217;s visitors.
During the Middle Ages Venice looked at the water and the sea as a mean to expand and gain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Entry to State Owned Museums in Venice</title>
		<link>http://www.monicacesarato.com/blog/2010/03/02/free-entry-to-state-owned-museums-in-venice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
7th March: Women&#8217;s day – Free entry in all State owned  Museums in Venice



On 7th March 2010, the Italian Ministry of Beni e Attività Culturali has decided to celebrate International Women&#8217;s day by offering all women a free entry to all State owned Museums and Art Galleries in Italy.


On  this occasion on 7th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facts, figures and bizarre things about  Venice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Facts, figures and bizarre things about the beautiful city of Venice
OK, so here you are: getting ready to come to visit Venice, the Serene city of Europe, the great Dame of the Water!
You have booked your holiday, your luggage is ready, your passport is up to date, you have got your map and guide to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venice &#8211; Water and Land. In between: a bridge!(or maybe more than one!)</title>
		<link>http://www.monicacesarato.com/blog/2010/02/09/venice-water-and-land-in-between-a-bridgeor-maybe-more-than-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As probably many of you know, there are more than 430 bridges in Venice.
I am going to try to list some of the most famous and explain to you why they have been named that way. 

Originally all bridges were made of wood or stone and they did not have any side protection, which in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ghosts of Venice</title>
		<link>http://www.monicacesarato.com/blog/2010/01/20/ghosts-of-venice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venetian Ghosts: all revealed in a great book by Venetian writer Alberto Toso Fei.
When I first bought the book Venetian Legends and Ghost Stories by Alberto Toso Fei (to help me prepare my Food and Ghost tour of Venice) I thought it would be the usual invented and over-tragic list of ghost and horror tales. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day: The origins</title>
		<link>http://www.monicacesarato.com/blog/2010/01/17/valentines-day-the-origins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Valentino: Origins of Valentine&#8217;s day 

The Origins 

Starting from 4th century BC the Romans had the tradition of celebrating the god Lupercus with a ritual which was repeated every year: all those who believed in the god had to put their name inside an urn. The names of the men and the women would [...]]]></description>
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