9 things to read today
Copio Sullam Sara
Sara Copio Sullam (1592? - 1641) was the daughter of Simone Copio, one of the leaders of the Jewish Community of Venice. Married to Giacobbe Sullam, she hosted poets and illustrious writers in her home in the Ghetto...
Palace Cappello Malipiero Barnabò
Equipped, like most Venetian palaces, with two superimposed floors, it has the particularity of having an independent entrance for each of them, through its own staircase or a water door. The main door leads to the...
Church of San Canciano
On the facade of the church you can see a plaque indicating the dates of construction and its renovations. It is among the oldest in the city and dedicated to the brothers of Aquileia Canzio, Canziano and...
Palace Pisani at Santo Stefano
Majestic white Istrian stone facade that almost entirely occupies the small Pisani square. It owes its name to the family who lived there starting from the seventeenth century and who already resided in Campo Santo...
Vitale Candiano
«Uomo di grande prudenza e bontà», forse fratello del doge Pietro IV.Il nuovo doge fu costretto ad abdicare per una grave malattia ed entrò nel Convento di S. Ilario, dove morì quattro giorni dopo.
Ponte degli Scalzi
This bridge is, together with those of Rialto, of the Accademia and the recent one of the Constitution, one of the four bridges that cross the Grand Canal. Its name derives from its proximity to the church of the...
The speech of David Attenborough at COP26
Your excellencies, delegates, ladies and gentlemen, as you spend the next two weeks, debating, negotiating, persuading and compromising, as you surely must, it’s easy to forget that ultimately the emergency climate...
Orso II Partecipazio
Sembra appartenesse al casato dei Badoer (da Baduario, ovvero patrizio bizantino, figlio di Costantinopoli), una delle famiglie apostoliche. Non aveva quindi legami di parentela con i precedenti dogi dello stesso...
More veneto and the Venetian New Year
The calendar used in the Republic of the Serenissima, until 1797, corresponded to the oldest Roman calendar where March was the first month of the year - replaced only later by January - and with it its first day...
