Month / February 2019
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The synagogues in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice
Related Tours Jewish Venice 2016 was an important year for the Jewish community of Venice: it marked the 5th centenary of the ghetto of the city, established on the 29th of March, 1516. Exhibitions, symposiums and scholarly books and articles accompanied the commemorations, as well as restoration projects of the Jewish Museum and the synagogues.… -
Coffee in Venice
Related Tours Venice 101Food and wine tours When you sip a cup of coffee in Venice, you are drinking in the very history of this beverage. No matter whether you are seated in one of the luxury cafés in Saint Mark's Square or standing at the counter of a tiny bar: you are in the… -
A History of the National Pavilions at the Venice Biennale
Related Tours Contemporary art in Venice Every two years, the Venice Biennale is dedicated to contemporary architecture, but the 29 national pavilions in the Giardini are themselves a type of permanent architecture exhibition, a collection of buildings representing different periods and styles from all over the world. Let's take a tour around the Giardini to… -
A Mall with a History: the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice
Related Tours Venice 101Boat tour On October 1st, 2016, the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice reopened to the public after a long closure and a much-discussed restoration. Now a luxury shopping mall, in the previous centuries the building was used by the customs agency, the fiscal police, and finally the post office. But what was… -
Let’s celebrate (with a) Bellini!
Related Tours Food and wine toursMuseums and Churches "Very old, but still the best in painting”: with these words, the German artist Albrecht Durer praised his Venetian colleague Giovanni Bellini in 1506. Bellini would die ten years later, around the age of 85, on the 29th of November 1516, almost exactly five centuries ago. He… -
The true colors of Burano
Related Tours Murano, Burano, Torcello The first eye-catching sight in Burano is the variety of colors used to decorate its houses: it's as if a schizophrenic painter dropped random bucketfuls of paint, with all possible hues and variations, over the buildings. There's only one vaporetto stop in Burano and it faces the main street leading… -
Crossing the Venetian Lagoon
Related Tours Boat tourMurano, Burano, Torcello It's early morning on the Fondamenta Nòve, Venice's northern waterfront, and the large motonave is warming up its engine while waiting for the last tourist to get on. We are heading north, toward the dream island of Burano. We manage to find an external seat, on the stern side.… -
A Spring of Contemporary Art in Venice
Related Tours Contemporary art in Venice A visit to Venice does not just mean Gothic palazzos and Renaissance paintings: the city offers one of the most vibrant contemporary art scenes in Italy. In anticipation of the opening of the Architecture Biennale on the 28th of May, the main museums in town have recently inaugurated the… -
Jewish Women in Renaissance Venice
Related Tours Jewish Venice On March 29th, 2016 the Jewish Ghetto of Venice commemorates the 500th anniversary of its foundation. In the small area of the city where the Jews were forced to live starting in 1516, we can still see the synagogues and the traces of the long history of this community, but we… -
The Rialto Bridge as you have never seen it
Related Tours Venice 101Boat tour An icon of Venice, the Rialto Bridge is currently undergoing a complete restoration. Let's discover more about its long history and the present conservation project. In the beginning there was Rivoalto. Meaning either "deep river" or "high ground", in the 9th century Rivoalto was the name of the area which…
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