The decline of Venice didn’t end with the loss of statehood. Attempts at modernising Venice have failed, and the result is an economic monoculture of mass tourism, and a constant demographic decline.
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Elephanticide
On the side of the deconsecrated church of Sant'Antonin in Castello, there is something which looks like an odd bricked up opening, but it doesn't really look like a window nor a doorway.
The opening was made on March 16th, 1819, with the permission of the Patriarch, because of a slight problem with an elephant.
#Curiosities #AustrianDomination #Carnival #Elephants #Entertainment #OTD #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/venetian-story/elephanticide/
Austrians enter Venice
OTD in 1798, Austrian troops entered Venice.
The short dream of a democratic republic was dead, killed by the same Napoleon who had instigated if.
Venice wouldn't be independent again for another fifty years.
#HistoricalEvents #AustrianDomination #OTD #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/2025/01/austrians-enter-venice/
Giuseppe Tassini — a human giant
One of the books about Venice, I use the most, is the Curiosità Veneziane by Giuseppe Tassini.
It is a small lexicon of placenames in Venice. Well, most printed copies are small, but the book contains over 1400 entries, and it is 700–800 pages in most editions.
The Curiosità Veneziane is, however, much more than a lexicon.
The entries explain why the place is called what it is, and often also who lived there, or the crafts which worked there, with the history and notes about the guild. If the place appears in ancient laws or in the raspi — the criminal records of the Republic of Venice — we'll learn about murders, slaves, intrigues, fires, robberies, or about which courtesans and artists frequented which taverns.
#Venetians #AustrianDomination #Translations #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/venetian-story/giuseppe-tassini-a-human-giant/
A headless eagle
Walking my dogs in the nearby Giardini Pubblici (or Giardini Napoleonici as they're also called), my eyes fell on one of the many lampposts.
I've seen them a many times. I walk there several times every day.
They're of cast iron, painted bright green, with some floral designs on them, half obscured by many layers of paint. Close to the base is a coat of arms with the Lion of St Mark, which is on everything the Municipality of Venice makes.
No surprises there.
Then I looked closer at the lion because something was a bit off.
Surrounding the coat of arms with the winged lion is a floral pattern, something that could be a crown, and … a pair of extra wings.
The coat of arms itself had wings.
The dogs had wandered off at this point, doing whatever dogs do when you don't look.
#Curiosities #AustrianDomination #Lampposts #UnificationOfItaly #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/2024/12/a-headless-eagle/
Modern Venice
After the end of the Republic of Venice, the city has been under a series of different foreign states.
Venice was under Austrian-Hungarian control 1798--1805, then under Napoleonic rule in the period 1805--1815. After the Congress of Vienna, Venice was returned to the Habsburgs of Austria.
It remained under Austria --- in the form of an Austrian controlled Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia --- until 1866, with a brief interlude in 1848--1849 with the revolutionary Venetian Democratic Republic.
Since 1866, Venice has been part of Italy --- initially under the Kingdom of Italy, which included the fascist period, and then under the Republic of Italy from 1948 until now.
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Daghe adosso, Nino!
An Austrian admiral giving orders in Venetian, in a naval battle against Italy, which eventually led to Venice becoming Italian
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San Francesco del Deserto
San Francesco del Deserto, in the Venetian lagoon, is home to a Franciscan monastery since 1228, with only some short interruptions.
#TheVenetianLagoon #AustrianDomination #FrenchDomination #LagoonIslands #Monasteries #Venezia #Venice
https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-venetian-lagoon/san-francesco-del-deserto/
