• Then and now, together

    As many people still say about Venice: It’s beautiful, but I wouldn’t live there. Much the same can be said of the past.

  • Lazzaretto Vecchio – six centuries

    On October 10th, 1423, exactly six hundred years ago, the Venetian state decided to create the first lazaret in the world.

  • Honest woman and loving friends

    The Bridge of the Honest woman and the Love of friends Alleyway are some of the odder street names in Venice

  • Nine Eleven in Venice

    Nine-Eleven in Venice is the anniversary of a tornado which in 1970 killed 36 persons, mostly in a sunken water bus at Sant’Elena