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September 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I live in one of these houses.
September 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I live in one of these houses.
Is it reasonable to feel happy because you've found a map of your city from 1580 you didn't know about before?
#skystorians #venice #maps
#skystorians #venice #maps
September 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Is it reasonable to feel happy because you've found a map of your city from 1580 you didn't know about before?
#skystorians #venice #maps
#skystorians #venice #maps
Some finely dressed persons are running towards "their" accident, while completely ignoring the larger incident, which, however, involves lower class people.
August 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Some finely dressed persons are running towards "their" accident, while completely ignoring the larger incident, which, however, involves lower class people.
As if this isn't sufficient, there's another accident going on too, in the lower right corner. Here one rower is in the water, and his mate has pushed over a guy in the boat, which has just rammed them.
August 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
As if this isn't sufficient, there's another accident going on too, in the lower right corner. Here one rower is in the water, and his mate has pushed over a guy in the boat, which has just rammed them.
Two men from the boats have been knocked overboard. One is trying to climb back up, while the other is swimming towards the shore.
August 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Two men from the boats have been knocked overboard. One is trying to climb back up, while the other is swimming towards the shore.
Three workboats have crashed in the middle of the image,and two rowers, in a fit of rage, have their oars high in the air to hit the other.
August 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Three workboats have crashed in the middle of the image,and two rowers, in a fit of rage, have their oars high in the air to hit the other.
The print is "Veduta della Fondamenta della Croce dì Venetia" from the well-known "Il Grande Teatro di Venezia" published by Domenico Lovisa around 1715–1720.
It depicts an area which is now where the Santa Lucia railroad station is. It looks like this today.
It depicts an area which is now where the Santa Lucia railroad station is. It looks like this today.
August 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The print is "Veduta della Fondamenta della Croce dì Venetia" from the well-known "Il Grande Teatro di Venezia" published by Domenico Lovisa around 1715–1720.
It depicts an area which is now where the Santa Lucia railroad station is. It looks like this today.
It depicts an area which is now where the Santa Lucia railroad station is. It looks like this today.
Rococo Road Rage
As I was browsing a book of old prints, I stumbled over something unexpected. An inconspicuous print from the early 1700s was full of traffic chaos and violence.
#skystorians #venice #roadrage
As I was browsing a book of old prints, I stumbled over something unexpected. An inconspicuous print from the early 1700s was full of traffic chaos and violence.
#skystorians #venice #roadrage
August 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Rococo Road Rage
As I was browsing a book of old prints, I stumbled over something unexpected. An inconspicuous print from the early 1700s was full of traffic chaos and violence.
#skystorians #venice #roadrage
As I was browsing a book of old prints, I stumbled over something unexpected. An inconspicuous print from the early 1700s was full of traffic chaos and violence.
#skystorians #venice #roadrage
An ancient Venetian galleon, and a younger Venetian women.
July 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
An ancient Venetian galleon, and a younger Venetian women.
Reading an eyewitness account of the plague epidemic in Verona in 1630, I stumbled over this paragraph:
January 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Reading an eyewitness account of the plague epidemic in Verona in 1630, I stumbled over this paragraph:
#OTD in 1798, Austrian troops entered Venice.
The short dream of a democratic republic was dead, killed by the same Napoleon who had instigated if.
Venice wouldn't be independent again for another fifty years.
The short dream of a democratic republic was dead, killed by the same Napoleon who had instigated if.
Venice wouldn't be independent again for another fifty years.
January 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
#OTD in 1798, Austrian troops entered Venice.
The short dream of a democratic republic was dead, killed by the same Napoleon who had instigated if.
Venice wouldn't be independent again for another fifty years.
The short dream of a democratic republic was dead, killed by the same Napoleon who had instigated if.
Venice wouldn't be independent again for another fifty years.
Noblemen and women came to Treviso in their thousands, for a week of fun, jousting, games and parties. Everybody dressed in their finest because this was a chance to show off for the entire region.
It ended in war.
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It ended in war.
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December 22, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Noblemen and women came to Treviso in their thousands, for a week of fun, jousting, games and parties. Everybody dressed in their finest because this was a chance to show off for the entire region.
It ended in war.
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It ended in war.
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Our sources don't all agree on the reason for the festivities, but invitations went out to neighbouring cities far and wide, including Padua and Venice.
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December 22, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Our sources don't all agree on the reason for the festivities, but invitations went out to neighbouring cities far and wide, including Padua and Venice.
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Imagine a medieval festival, with trumpeters and banners, armoured knights jousting, ladies in expensive dresses of silk and brocade, grand balls in the evenings, and endless dinners.
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December 22, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Imagine a medieval festival, with trumpeters and banners, armoured knights jousting, ladies in expensive dresses of silk and brocade, grand balls in the evenings, and endless dinners.
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Traditionally, for the Festa della Salute you eat castradina, a dish of cabbage and salted mutton.
November 21, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Traditionally, for the Festa della Salute you eat castradina, a dish of cabbage and salted mutton.
Nightingale Muzak
Songbirds were an important part of the shopping experience in Venice in the 1600s and 1700s.
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Songbirds were an important part of the shopping experience in Venice in the 1600s and 1700s.
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November 20, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Nightingale Muzak
Songbirds were an important part of the shopping experience in Venice in the 1600s and 1700s.
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Songbirds were an important part of the shopping experience in Venice in the 1600s and 1700s.
historywalksvenice.com/venetian-sto...
Francesco Pona — The Plague in Verona, 1630
This is a work-in-progress of translating a 1631 eyewitness account of a plague outbreak in Verona into English.
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This is a work-in-progress of translating a 1631 eyewitness account of a plague outbreak in Verona into English.
historywalksvenice.com/article/sour...
November 17, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Francesco Pona — The Plague in Verona, 1630
This is a work-in-progress of translating a 1631 eyewitness account of a plague outbreak in Verona into English.
historywalksvenice.com/article/sour...
This is a work-in-progress of translating a 1631 eyewitness account of a plague outbreak in Verona into English.
historywalksvenice.com/article/sour...
So the sun has set once again in Venice.
November 18, 2023 at 4:26 PM
So the sun has set once again in Venice.