Fights on venetian bridges
Sunday, 13 December 2020
Have you ever found strange white marble footprints on some Venetian bridge? Do you know their meaning? Now we will explain it. For centuries two rival factions of very ancient origins – the Castellani of San Pietro and the Nicolotti of San Nicolò dei Mendicoli – clashed with fists on the top of these bridges.
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The Lumière brothers in Venice
Sunday, 08 November 2020
It was July 9, 1896 when the French brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière projected their works in Venice, at the San Moisé theater (later demolished). The first film screening, strictly by invitation, was received with great enthusiasm that the screenings followed one another for about two months. In 2016, at the 73rd Venice Film
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Ciao!
Sunday, 27 September 2020
Did you know that the world ciao (hello)- known all over the world – was born in Venice? Don’t you believe it? Here’s the story… In past centuries, when people met in the calli (the Venetian word for “street”), it was typical to greet each other with the word s’ciavo vostro (literally “your slave”
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Lion’s mouth
Sunday, 06 September 2020
Visiting the Doge’s Palace you come across a particular bas-relief which portrays a sort of threatening-looking mask with a crack in place of the mouth. Still walking through the Palazzo, if you look carefully, you can see other simple cracks on the walls. These are the famous Bocche di Leone (Lion’s Mouth). We
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