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The Most Quiet Time of the Year
Is there a time – a season – that Venetians really dedicate to themselves. Getting some quiet after a long (mass) tourist season. I think I’ve made out that time. It’s now, when Venice chiude bottega for a few weeks. When festive November comes to an end and you can still find its culinary treats, like the San Martino biscuits…
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A Venetian Winter Tale from 1341
There are some ancient legends that bear a strange resemblance to the situation of the Lagoon today, just few of these are ever mentioned in travel guides. The legend of the “Three Saints” that succeeded in saving Venice from terrible floods caused by a winter storm back in the year 1341. The storm is actually…
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The Real Origins of Carnival in Venice
Celebrating Carnival in Venice goes back to the year 1094, celebrated for the first time on 25 October. The meaning of Carnival for our town is not connected to the usual Latin interpretation of carnem levare which only applies to the Martedì grasso. That was a public holiday in Venice too, officially celebrated during the times of the Serenissima. What…
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Blogging on Venice – Two Sides of a Coin
Imagine two bloggers describing Venice writing on the same day about the same street or salizzada as we call it in Venetian. The visitor describes a surprising leone moeca sculpture on the facade of a building and adds pictures of the rose-golden-orange tinged morning sun. She posts the details of the pattern on a carpet leading up to a museum entrance. The next time I…
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The Lagoon in Ice Blue
Pearl white and ice blue is perlaceo e blu ghiaccio in Italian. Don’t think that January in Venice is sad, it’s just a calm month. This restful period will be over soon for Carnival starts on 23 January. It’s the calm before the storm even though acqua alta rules apply again (new moon means high tides.…
Verde Venezia – Green Venice
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Cioccolata densa – A Venetian winter treat
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