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…
A place of worship and highly spiritual, the Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta is located on the fascinating Torcello Island, one of the oldest settlements in the Venice lagoon and the cradle of Venice itself. The origins of this ancient church date back to the distant 7th century, built on behalf of the Ravenna Exarch…
Venice must be lived, Venice must be experienced. Venice cannot be seen in a day, but unfortunately the majority of people visiting, will be here only for one day.Thankfully Martha Bakerjian choose not to and she wrote this lovely post telling us all about it! Another lovely guest post for The Best memory of Venice…
Just a very quick post to let you all know that I am definitely taking part in this challenge “Italy in books” – reading challenge 2011. It has got all I love: books and Italy. So prepare yourselves for some very biased reviews of the next 12 books about Italy which I am going to…
The posts on the Best memory of Venice keep coming in and I am very pleased that the Best memory which Robin Locker Lacey of My Mélange has taken back is that of food (my best memories are always of our Venetian food) and of the kindness of Venetian people, which many times is overlooked by…
Here are some of the images of yesterday’s Acqua Alta , which rose up to 136 cm, taken by people living in Venice. The water was so high, that in Saint Marks Square they could not even put up the walkways! Look at the video as well, to see how the Venetian just cope with…
VENEXIA XE BELA FABRICÀ SUL MAR, CHI NON LA POL VEDAR NO LA PO STIMAR (Venice is beautiful, built on the sea, who cannot see it cannot appreciate it) This is a very old Venetian saying and well, who has been to Venice can only agree with this! (For more Venetian sayings you can…
The end of the year event. As is now tradition, the first part of the concert will be purely for orchestra. With soloists and choir, the second part is dedicated to melodrama and will end with what has now become a tradition at the Fenice New Year’s Concerts, with the choir “Va’ Pensiero”…
Tomorrow will be another big celebration for Venice: Santa Maria della Salute or Madonna della Salute.Unfortunately I have been extremely busy for the last two week and I really did not have time to sit down and write a porper post about this, but I feel it is right to let you know a little…
Carrying on with our series of posts about which memories people remember the best about Venice, this time it is the turn of Julie Gilley, another Facebook friend, who has travelled to Venice many times but who remembers one in particular: Venice—Not For The Suitcase Laden Traveler! I credit Venice as being the city that…
November has arrived in Venice with a vengeance: today the sky is grey, the rain is pouring and the wind is howling! And the wind is also blowing in memories of Venice from some other dear Facebook friend: Jessica from Bootsnall! Jessica has been to Venice many times but it always amazes me how she…
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…
Sunday 24th October 2010 the 25th Venice Marathon will take place like every year. The race will start from Stra on the Riviera del Brenta and will run along the Brenta river up to Venice and through its calles and small street. The finish line is along Saint Marks. Do not miss it!
Venice: The Arsenal Back in May 2010 I was lucky enough to visit the Arsenale in Venice. The Arsenale is usually closed to the public; it is currently used only in small part as one of the venues of the Biennale di Venezia, but for a few days a year, thanks to an event called…
Thanks to Twitter over the last year and half I have been meeting so many new, fascinating and interesting people which I have lost count of it. But one person in particular I would like to thank for giving me the opportunity to visit one of the most amazing places in Venice, Orsoni Smalti Veneziani,…
One of the most interesting, precious and enchanting places in Venice is the Ancient Jewish Ghetto. As I already said many times before, I always try to go there as much as I can, since it is one of the few places in Venice where really time stands still. I have talked about the Ghetto…
Sumptuous Homes on the Canal Grande The other day I was taking my son and a young friend around Venice and I decided to use the Vaporetto (water bus) line 1, even though it is August (hot and sticky) and the boat would be packed with tourists. I wanted to ride on the water slowly…
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…
Another year goes by, another hot and sticky summer strolls in through the canals of the lagoon and another major appointment for all Venetians is fast approaching. It is Festa del Redentore (The Redeemer’s Celebration) which this year will take place on July 17th and 18th. This event draws thousands of people to the City…
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