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Vaparetto Dock towards Basilica Santa Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Underground, Palazzo delle Prigioni (New Prison), Calle degli Albanesi, Venice, Italy
Town Hall Courtyard, Riva del Carbon, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Street Lamps, Campo Santo Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Statue, Nicolo Tommaseo, Campo Santo Stefano, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Stairs to Cells, Palazzo delle Prigioni (New Prison), Calle degli Albanesi, Venice, Italy
Soroportego E Calle Corner, Salizada San Canzian, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Rooftops Across Grand Canal, Rialto, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Taken from our Hotel Room
Rio San Giovanni Crisostomo, Ponte dei Zagatoli, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Rio di San Salvador, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Rio del Fontego dei Tedeschi, Ponte de l’Ogio, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Rio de San Vio, Fondamanta Venier, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Rio de San Anzolo, Ponte dei Frati, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Religious Shrine, Rio Terà Antonio Foscarini, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Ponte dell’Accademia, Calle della Carità, Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy
The original steel structure opened on 20 November 1854, but was demolished and replaced by a wooden bridge opened in 1933, despite widespread hopes for a stone bridge.
One of only 4 bridges that span the Grand Canal.
Pharmacy, Campo Santo Stefano, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Palazzo Zaguri, Campo San Maurizio, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Formerly known as Palazzo Pasqualini after the Pasqualini that built it 14-15th Century.
Grand Canal, from Ponte dell’Accademia, Venice, Veneto, Italy
French Bulldog Candle, Shop Window, Calle de la Cortesia, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Doorway, Agenzia delle Entrate – Ufficio Territoriale Venezia, Campo Sant’Anzolo, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Door Furniture, Pisciner Venier, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Cistern, Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Veneto, Italy
The only locally available source of fresh water in the lagoon is rain.
Since rain is intermittent, seasonal and unreliable, cisterns are essential. When it rains the water must be collected and stored for later use.
The structures we see around Venice and in the lagoon are in reality very elaborate and cleverly engineered rain water collectors and cisterns.
The origin of the rain water collecting cisterns must go back to the very first settlements in the lagoon. Our need for fresh water is biological and cannot be rescinded, but the first remains we have are medieval.
Some older wellheads in stone clearly resemble earlier wooden wellheads, which can give us an idea, but otherwise we know little of how the earlier wells looked.
Canal View from Ponte San Giovanni Crisostomo, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Canal Access, Calle Pasqualigo detta de O’Ogio, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Bel-Air Fine Art Gallery, Calle dello Spezier, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Basilica Santa Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy
Vaparetto Dock towards Ponte Rialto, Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy
