Caffè Florian is a coffee house situated in the Procuratie Nuove of Piazza San Marco, Venice. It was established in 1720, and is the oldest coffee house in continuous operation in Italy, and the oldest in the world.
Rio dell’Arsenale is crossing the Venetian Arsenal, a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice.
The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia) is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy. The Carnival ends with the Christian celebration of Lent, forty days before Easter.
The Madonna dell’Orto (“Madonna of the Garden”) is a church in Venice, Italy, in the sestiere of Cannaregio. Jacobo Robusti (1518 – 1594), known as Tintoretto, one of Venice most famous painter, who lived and worked just a few blocks away on the Fondamenta dei Mori, is buried with his family in the chapel to the right of the high altar.
The gondola is the most emblematic symbol of Venice. Before a major means of transportation, it’s now a touristic – and expensive! – attraction.
To see Venice under the snow was an old dream: I wasn’t disappointed! Only problem: some snow ended inside one of my two cameras and damaged it.
The Square of the Moors (Campo dei Mori in Italiano) is located in the area of Cannaregio and is called “Campo Dei Mori” because of the presence of 4 oriental figures that were placed there in the wall of a house in 1300.