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     Music on a Gondola: Boat Songs or Venetian Ballads
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    By Luisella Romeo, blogseevenice
    In Venetian history
    Posted April 28, 2019

    Music on a Gondola: Boat Songs or Venetian Ballads

    Music in Venice along the canals Music on a gondola? You visited Venice and discovered that gondoliers do not sing. Wondering if they ever did, or if it was a movie, or only in Las Vegas, right? [...]

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     Tennis in Venice: a Game of Physical and Mental Prowess
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    By Luisella Romeo, blogseevenice
    In Venetian history, Venetian traditions
    Posted August 30, 2018

    Tennis in Venice: a Game of Physical and Mental Prowess

    Tennis may not be the first sport that comes to your mind in regards to Venice. And yet, when visiting Ca’ Rezzonico Palace you see the detached fresco by Giandomenico Tiepolo featuring a racket [...]

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     Luthiers and musical instruments in Venice in the past and today
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    By Luisella Romeo, blogseevenice
    In Venetian arts and crafts, Venetian history
    Posted July 30, 2018

    Luthiers and musical instruments in Venice in the past and today

    Luthiers create musical instruments and it’s thanks to them if we can hear that sound which is “a pleasure for the ears, a joy for the soul and a true delight for the eyes”. So Baldassarre [...]

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     Blackamoors in paintings, sculptures and jewels of Venice
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    By Luisella Romeo, blogseevenice
    In Venetian art, Venetian history
    Posted June 30, 2018

    Blackamoors in paintings, sculptures and jewels of Venice

    Blackamoors and Diamonds Blackamoors appear on brooches only in the best jewellery shops in Venice, proudly featuring as pure Venetian tradition. Amidst gold, shining diamonds and precious [...]

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     Powder in Venice between status and theatrical subversion
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    By Luisella Romeo, blogseevenice
    In Venetian history, Venetian traditions
    Posted March 31, 2018

    Powder in Venice between status and theatrical subversion

    A name for extra fine face powder Face or hair powder in Italian sounds “cipria”. The Italian word evokes the island of Cyprus where Venus, the goddess of love, came from. In Venice, Cyprus was [...]

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     Perfume and scents in Venice, a long story
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    By Luisella Romeo, blogseevenice
    In Venetian arts and crafts, Venetian history
    Posted February 28, 2018

    Perfume and scents in Venice, a long story

    Perfume in Venice has ancient and exotic roots The story of perfume in Venice started around a thousand years ago thanks to a Greek byzantine lady, Maria Argyropoulos. St. Peter Damian described [...]

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     The orchards of Venice and its lagoon islands
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    By Luisella Romeo, blogseevenice
    In Venetian history, Venetian lagoon
    Posted August 29, 2017

    The orchards of Venice and its lagoon islands

    The zucchini jam from the orchards of the Venetian island of Sant’Erasmo is really sweet and tasty. After I left the Maravegia orchard, our shopping bag was full of colours and great scents. [...]

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     Accessible Venice tours in a wheelchair
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    By Luisella Romeo, blogseevenice
    In Venetian art, Venetian history, Venice and tourism
    Posted November 27, 2016

    Accessible Venice tours in a wheelchair

    A wheelchair in Venice “Venice is the most wonderful urban event ever existing in the world. A miracle. Venice, without wheels, is a city where nerves will keep intact…”. So [...]

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