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Architecture

Venezia: San Pietro di Castello
Only a view visitors get lost „enough“ to finish here in San Pietro di Castello. Actually a pity, as the Basilica is really worth a visit; not only because of its very idyllic park, but also because of its history. The beginning When the city of Venice started to develop in the lagoon, San Pietro...
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Venezia - Murano: Santi Maria e Donato
„We won’t benefit from it? Neither will you!” thought the Muranesi (citizens of Murano) when they walled the barrel inside the Santi Maria e Donato Church and asked the Buranelli (citizens of Burano) to come and get it. Wait a minute. Why should they immure an empty cask? Well, said barrel was the “botasso de...
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Venezia: Campiello dei Morti
Chances are that, during one of your walks through Venice, you already passed over the dead bodies of its former citizens. Before the construction of the cemetery island San Michele, the cemeteries in Venice were located in the very heart of the city. One of these campi or ancient cemeteries is located a stone’s throw...
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Venezia: Santa Maria Formosa - Vincenzo Cappello
One of the major and most beautiful Campi in Venice, near one of my favourite spots (the bookshop Acqua Alta), is for sure the Campo di Santa Maria Formosa with the homonymous church (latin „formosa“ = beautiful) built by the bishop Magno of Oderzo during the Langobard attacks in the VIIth century. According to a...
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Venezia: Chiesa dei Gesuiti
I love having a cultural walk through Venice in autumn when the weather is nice: This time I chose the Sestiere Cannaregio, thus the northern part of Venice, where you can also find the first Ghetto. In case you happen to be in the Strada Nuova (direction Saint Mark) at the Santi Apostoli Church, turn...
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Venezia: San Giorgio Maggiore
If you ask me for my favorite panorama spots in Venice I’d immediately tell you that one of them is the clocktower of San Giorgio Maggiore (the second, after the clock tower of Saint Mark, by height). Why, you’re asking? Well, The admission fee is way cheaper than for the Campanile di San Marco (€5...
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Torcello: Basilica
Torcello, the neighbor island of Burano and a true oasis of tranquility, is certainly worth a visit and recommended to all „cultural“ and „gastronomic“ gourmets. This may surprise you due to its size (or tininess?) but in case you should visit Burano and instead of eating in one of the touristy osterie, you could have...
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History The fort Carpenedo, built at the end of the 19th century according to the Tunkler model, is together with it’s twin-forts Gazzera and Tron (built in the same period) and Fort Marghera (built in the beginning of the 19th century by the Austrians) the “Campo Trincerato” (complex of fortifications) of Mestre. The main goal...
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Worldmap. Stravinsky. Pound. The little island of San Michele with its cemetery, located between Venice and Murano, is definitely worth a visit: not only due to the celebrities buried there, but also from an architectural point of view. At the same moment you have the chance to escape the busy Venetian calli and enjoy a...
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During my tour in Torcello (took me nearly 2 hours to get there from Piazzale Roma) I also saw the ponte del diavolo: The origin of this diabolic name, The Devil’s Bridge, is unknown but actually it’s very often associated with a legend that tells that, during the Austrian occupation, a young Venetian girl was...
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Believe it or not. Not only Paris has it’s own hunchback (gobbo), but Venice too: you won’t find him neither in the Ducal Palace, nor in the Basilica, but in … Rialto. The Gobbo di Rialto is located in Campo San Giacomo di Rialto, means: after having crossed Rialto Bridge (coming from the sestriere San Marco)...
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