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    The day over 1000 Venetians united to say ‘NO’ to cruise Ships in Venice

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    Sunday 25th, 2016, venetians demonstrated their opposition to the cruise ships and their love for Venice in a peaceful, festive protest

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    The ‘Arsenale di Venezia’ or how Venice invented modern industry

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    The first modern industry in the world was the “Arsenale di Venezia”. This name, which derives from the Arab “Dār al-ṣināʿa” (“house of crafts”), is now used worldwide. Why is that so?

    The Arsenal of Venice (“Arsenale di Venezia” in Italian), was a complex of shipyards and armories of the Serenissima. Constructed first in 1104, it was the first and biggest industry of the world until the industrial revolution which took place almost 7 centuries later!

    Methods for mass production of ships, based on the standardized production of different elements in different areas of the Arsenal, made it then possible, on an assembly-line basis, to build an entire ship in 1 day. (In 1570, during a war against the Turkish fleet, the Arsenal managed to produce 100 war ships in less than 2 months) The production of ships and the requirement of wood was so high that the Arsenal had an exclusive forest in the hills on the mainland close to Venice.

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    The trick you never knew the best Venetian painters used

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    Venetian painters would work by building up layer upon layer of oil paint, which would dry very slowly, giving time to the artist to blend colors together, achieving subtle gradations. But there is an even bigger secret about the Venetian painters…

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    Venice in UNESCO’s “World Heritage in Danger” List?

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    In the past years, several heritage protection organisations in Italy as well as Venetian organizations have contacted UNESCO claiming that a crisis point had been reached in the city, and warned that local authorities were no longer capable of protecting Venice.

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    ‘Aqua Granda’, The Most Devastating and Highest Acqua Alta of all time

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    The XIXth century has seen the frequency and hight of the aqua alta increase significantly, to reach a record the 4th of November, 1966 : +194 cm. A date which remains, with no doubt, carved in the collective memory.

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    The huge part of Murano’s History that everybody forgets to mention

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    History and importance of the island ofMurano during the Republic of Venice and up until the modern times!

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    The unsuspected story of a Secret Garden in Venice

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    The garden of Ca’ Morosini is now taken care of by Dominican nuns, but in the past this marvellous place in the heart of Venice had disappeared for almost 200 years!

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    These amazing laws show how libertine life was during Venice Carnival

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    Venice at the time of the never ending Carnival when ample freedom and liberty were granted to the venetians and visitors alike … maybe too much freedom..

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    Burano’s lace is a most precious craft. And we owe it to a mermaid.

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    Today endangered, the local lace was once one of the finest possessions in Europe.

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    This story about St Mark’s day in Venice will make your heart melt

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    On the 25th of April, Italy celebrates the end of fascism and Venice remembers Saint Mark, but not only. Venetians celebrate endless love, gifting roses to the women in their lives.

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