Built on land, isolated from the waters of the lagoon, without being able to cultivate wheat and wheat, nor “anything at all to the human lives”, Venice has nevertheless held …
Feast of Sensa Venice
And the Feast of the Sensa came. Good occasion, in the Veneto countryside, to do a bit of good breeze and feast your legs under a table with rustic eaters: …
The end of the Venetian republic and the Veronese Easters
The word Easter, which originates from the Latin ecclesiastical pasqua (which in turn comes from a Jewish voice that means “passage”), has always had an outline of joy and good …
The Winged Lion: Symbol of St Mark in Venice Italy
The winged lion (with the book, but also sometimes with a inkwell) is the symbol of the evangelist St Mark, patron saint of the Serenissima Republic of Venice. The four …