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Nobles at the Café

Ever wondered how a barista in the Florian looked in the mid-1750? Wonder no more!

"Nobles at the Café" from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.

#Coffee #VenetianNobility #Venezia #Venice
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Nobles at the Café — Grevembroch 1-096 - History Walks in Venice
"Nobles at the Café" from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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A lexicographer's lament.

"There, fleeing Austrian bullets, hunger, anarchy and the many other calamities that afflicted the illustrious and unfortunate Venice, in a few hours, by cholera, on the twentyfirst day of August of the year 1849," …
Malamocco, Matemauco, Metemaucum — Lessico Veneto - History Walks in Venice
"Malamocco, Matemauco, Metemaucum" from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
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… "passed away serenely, because supremely pious, the woman of who writes. O reader, it will not hurt you to say a prayer for the peace of her soul."
A lexicographer's lament.

"There, fleeing Austrian bullets, hunger, anarchy and the many other calamities that afflicted the illustrious and unfortunate Venice, in a few hours, by cholera, on the twentyfirst day of August of the year 1849," …
Malamocco, Matemauco, Metemaucum — Lessico Veneto - History Walks in Venice
"Malamocco, Matemauco, Metemaucum" from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
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Today Venice remembered the victims of the tornado of September 11th, 1970.

#Venice #Remembrance
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Episode 17 — Venice and the plague – part 1

In 1348 — or maybe late in 1347 — a ship arrived in Venice with an unexpected — and unwanted — cargo: the plague.

This episode is mostly about bacteria and miasma.

#skystorians #venice #plague
Episode 17 — Venice and the plague - part 1 - Venetian Stories podcast
The plague arrived in Venice in 1348, but what is the plague, and how did our ancestors understand it?
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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
The game of Pallone

The giuoco del pallone — the game of the big ball — also called palla da pugno (fist ball) or palla al bracciale (ball with arm guard) was the quintessential ball game.

The game of Pallone is a distant ancestor of modern tennis, with emphasis on 'distant'

#skystorians #venice
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The "Game of Pallone" was the quintessential ball game in the Republic of Venice and elsewhere, but it wasn't really like any modern game.
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Episode 16 — The game of Pallone

In this episode, we’ll talk about proper ball games: noble games for decent people.

Calcio, as discussed in the previous episode, wasn’t a real ball game.

So what was a real and noble game for decent people?

#skystorians #podcast #venice
Episode 16 — The game of Pallone - Venetian Stories podcast
Proper ball games for decent people? Not all ball games are equal; some are more equal than others.
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I'll wait for the pig under the oak.

Apparently, an old Venetian way of saying: what goes around, comes around.

#skystorians #venice #PigsUnderOaks
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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
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.
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.
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.
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
A podcast of Venetian Stories — episodes from the History of Venice from the time of Augustus until today. It is not a chronological narrative, but a series of freestanding episodes from the two millennia of Venetian history.
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Stories from the history of Venice, as a podcast and as a newsletter, brought to you by René Seindal of History Walks Venice.
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