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How was Venice built? One of the first things people wonder when they get here…
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Discover everything about the Grand Canal in Venice and watch a VR video we shot from typical modern Venetian boat while cruising from Piazzale Roma to Saint Mark’s Basin.
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Saint Mark’s in Venice https://veneziaautentica.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Saint-Marks-Venice-Landmarks.mp3 The area of Saint Mark’s in Venice was the centre…
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The Vogalonga is a non competitive race of 30 km across Venice canals and surrounding lagoon saw its first edition in 1975 as a way to bring back rowing boats to the water of Venice, to protest against the excess of motor boats and their consequences. Started by a handful of venetians, it’s now a huge local and international appointment as well as a rare occasion to see and experience Venice the way it should be: rowing. We know this event is a favorite of many of you, and hope that these images make you feel a bit like you were here!
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The ultimate guide of the top 10 things to do and see in Venice, Italy
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The “Ponte dei Sospiri” or “Bridge of Sighs” is one of the most known, photographed and admired landmarks of Venice, but it is also most probably the most misinterpreted.
Venice is always seen and described as a romantic city, some say the most romantic city in the world, therefore it comes to no surprise that this bridge, with its particular and evocative name, is so appreciated by couples who stop to take a picture of themselves together with the bridge as a background, possibly while kissing.
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Understanding the origins of the Carnival of Venice isn’t an easy task. No scholar succeeded in firmly establishing the history of the iconic festival…
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In Venice there are exactly 391 bridges, 403 including the Giudecca, crossing 150 canals and uniting the 117/118 – no one seems to agree on this- islands the city was built on.
In the beginning, those bridges were flat and made of wood, easy to cross for the horses pulling the carriages that could circulate in the city. Only around the XVI century, the bridges started being all built arched and most of them made of stone.
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The festa della Madonna della Salute, or Virgin Mary of Health, is a holiday that was instituted in 1630 and has been celebrated solemnly until the end of the venetian republic in 1796. It takes place on the 21st of November and is still being spontaneously celebrated in Venice as well as in many other cities which were part of the Venetian Republic, outside of Italy.
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Everything and some more about the Venice Gondola We all know what a gondola in…
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