A quick introduction on the origins of Venice as written by www.venicewiki.org and translated and adapted by me. The first mention about the lagoon of Venice dates back to the fourth century B.C., when an ancient Greek geographer, by the name of Scimno di Chio, mentions 50 small towns all located within and along the lagoon…
Here comes another beautiful memory of Venice, this time from my dear friend Karen who owns a lovely holiday house in Umbria, Vecchia Casa. I hope she will find some time soon to come over to see me so we can then go around Venice enjoying some bacari. Magical, mysterious, wonderful Venice! My body &…
Yesterday I started my new series of posts on what people remembered the best from coming to Venice. This is the second post and it is written by Shelley White, who I would like to thank very much for accepting to do this! Best Memory of Venice Venice is our anniversary…
One of my young students, Erica Stefanini, has written this interesting short research on Venetian Emigration for a history exam. I translated it for you, because I found it very very interesting. ” Emigration in the last 19th Century: Veneto The first big migration of modern history has been the Italian one, starting with Venetian…
Treviso, water & history not far from Venice, Italy « Dove Sile e Cagnan s’accompagna » (Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia (Paradiso, IX, v.49)) [Where the River Sile and the River Cagnan meet – by Dante Alighieri, Divine Commedy (Paradiso, IX, v.49) ] Last Sunday I decided to take some friends of ours, who were here for…
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…
Last week-end we went (as we always do once a year) to Asolo, a little medieval jewel town in the Veneto Hills. It was very very hot, but we soon took care of that by walking into the old Ice Cream parloour Caffe Centrale in the main square and after an aperitive and an ice-cream,…
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