Venice Itinerary

27/04/2024

👉📸🏛 PIC OF THE DAY - THE THREE COLUMNS IN S. MARK'S SQUARE

For the entrance to St. Mark's Square from the sea, it is believed a third column was also planned between the one with St. Mark's lion and the one with St. Tòdaro. The following is an account of the fact.

Toward the end of 1172, the ships of the Serenissima Republic returned from the territories where the disastrous Second Crusade had ended a few years earlier. Captain Jacopo Orseolo Falier leads the docking operations. He is satisfied; to Doge Sebastiano Zani he brings an absolutely unique gift. In Constantinople he managed to embark three imposing columns of oriental granite and three statues to put on them: an original statue of the Byzantine St. Theodore (Tòdaro in Venetian, the city's first patron saint) in the act of slaying the dragon; a chimera to which wings will be added to make it embody the winged lion symbol of St. Mark; and finally a statue that resembles a doge, but is actually nothing more than a Byzantine officer wearing a Phrygian cap resembling the ducal horn (the doges' headdress made by the nuns of St. Zaccaria). The placement next to the ducal palace of the columns with the doge between those of the 2 patron saints would have protected the destinies of the Republic over the centuries.

24/04/2024

👉 📸 PIC OF THE DAY - SAN GALLO CHURCH - THE SMALLEST CHURCH IN VENICE

The Church of St. Gallo is the smallest in the city. According to the provisions of the procurators, it could not have exceeded nine paces in width and twenty in length, taking care also not to impair the operation of the well in front of it. It was erected in 1581 and say expanded in 1703. But how small was it then at first?

21/04/2024

👉 PIC OF THE DAY - The supermarket theater

A troubled history that of Teatro Italia: first converted into a movie theater, then closed for years, then a university office building, then closed again and finally reopened restored as a supermarket. The building is of a beautiful Venetian neo-Gothic style and the original destination is recalled on the facade by the large, native inscription "TEATRO ITALIA." Built in 1915 by architect Giovanni Sardi, it echoes in its single and triple lancet windows the Gothic style of Ca' Foscari and the Doge's Palace (from which it also copies the mystery of a red stone column). Impossible not to notice in the upper part of the facade the large lion march in white Istrian stone. Also striking are the four entrance portals and the interior chandeliers all in wrought iron by Umberto Bellotto. The ceiling fresco is by Venetian painter Alessandro Pomi, and the other Art Nouveau interior decorations are the work of Friulian Guido Marussig and other local artists. Revolutionary for the time was the massive use of reinforced concrete. The current destination with this modern coexistence may not like it, but if nothing else it allows its survival and the possibility for everyone to visit it cool in summer, warm in winter and free of charge.

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19/04/2024

👉 PIC OF THE DAY - Marforio's lamp

In Campo San Salvador, it is impossible not to notice the large wrought-iron winged dragon supporting a lamp. What you may not notice, however, is that the iron and stained glass lamp represents three open umbrellas. It was in fact, the distinctive and unique sign of the famous workshop "Bartolameo Marforio Umbrella Factory," run since its inception in 1875 by the same family through five generations and unfortunately closed a few years ago. Since its opening, to say Marforio in Venice, meant quality umbrellas. But not only that, in this store that spread over 2 floors, there were also bags, wallets, belts, key chains, suitcases and scarves to go with the umbrellas. It is said that there was no woman in all of Venice who, passing by it, did not always stop to admire its windows.

17/04/2024

👉 NEW RELEASE - ITINERARY 3 - FROM SOUTH TO NORTH 👈
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From south to north passing through San Zaccaria and its flooded crypt. We will stop in the area of the Church of the Greeks and the Orthodox Church and then continue to the Dalmatian School. We will make a detour to the beautiful San Lorenzo field. Last stop is the beautiful Campo di San Francesco and its very famous colonnade.

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17/04/2024

👉 PIC OF THE DAY - The palace surrounded by water

Few Venetian buildings are surrounded by water on three sides. In front of Palazzo Tetta, the Rio de Santa Marina forks to form the Rio de San Giovanni Laterano on the left and the Rio de la Tetta on the right. This feature, clearly visible from the Conzafelzi Bridge, makes this one of the most curious and photographed houses in Venice. Its inhabitants have access to it only via a small private fondamenta that starts directly from Ponte Tetta.

12/04/2024

👉 THE BANCO ROSSO IN THE GHETTO OF VENICE - IN ITINERARY N 1

Because of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," in the collective imagination, Jews were seen as greedy, money-laden moneylenders. In fact, since the Middle Ages, being usurers was one of the few activities allowed to them by the laws of the Christian countries in which they resided. This was to get around what the Church considered a sin for a Christian, namely lending money at interest. In Venice, in 1516, the same year the world's first Ghetto was built, Pawnshops were also established. The Banchi, which were three in number (one red, one green and one black), functioned until the end of the Republic (1797). Today it is possible to visit one of these Benches (the red one), which has recently been restored and opened to the public. Its name comes from the color of the receipt issued to customers who pawned an item in exchange for a money loan. These stalls gave rise to the expressions "going red" and "being broke."

09/04/2024

🍎🍑🫐 THE FRUIT BOAT OF SAINT BARNABAS

It is called "The Boat St. Barnabas" and it is a floating fruit and vegetable store near the Church of... St. Barnabas. In the multicolored boat is the vegetable and in support in a small room opposite is the fruit. This business was started back in 1947 by the Tiozzo family and is certainly el frutarol most photographed in Venice!

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08/04/2024

👉 NEW RELEASE! ITINERARY 2 - THE VERY HEART OF VENICE

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05/04/2024

👉ONE OF YOUR STOPS IN ITINERARY 1 - CAMPO AND CHIESA DI S. ALVISE

A visit to the church of Sant'Alvise, represents an authentic journey into the most secret Venice and offers an opportunity to visit the most remote area of the Cannaregio sestiere, characterized by a geometric distribution of reclaimed land and the silences of the less frequented lagoon. Of conventual origins, it was built, according to tradition, by Antonia Venier in 1388, as a dedication to St. Louis, Bishop of Toulouse, who had appeared to her in a dream. The present form of the church is the result of 17th-century alterations to the ancient building, and the ceiling entirely frescoed with quadraturist boldness by Pietro Antonio Torri and Pietro Ricchi (17th cent.) is striking in its spectacularity. Among the works of art preserved in the church of Sant'Alvise, one cannot fail to mention the extraordinary Ascent of Christ to Calvary-one of the masterpieces of Giambattista Tiepolo's maturity-who also left two other works in this church, the Crowning with Thorns and the Flagellation (1737-1740).

04/04/2024

🤩 YOUR FIRST STOP IN ITINERARY 1 - THE GHETTO

The Jewish Ghetto of Venice is the first public place of imprisonment to originate in Italy. It is located in the Cannareggio sestiere in an area on the edge of the city, a historic example not only of marginalization but also of cultural development. In this small guide you will find many useful suggestions on what there is to see in the Venice Ghetto today, discovering a sad but very interesting history.

As early as the late 1200s, Jews were engaged in lending and soon became skilled merchants to whom so many prominent people referred. It was from 1516 that they were confined within the ghetto, within walls that did not, however, prevent them from sharing the rhythms and times of Jewish tradition: from Sabbath rest, daily prayers, rituals and annual holidays.

03/04/2024

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