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His name is Praisegod Piepsam, and he is rather fully described as to his clothing and physiognomy in a way which relates him to a sinister type in the author's repertory -- he is a forerunner of those enigmatic strangers in `` Death In Venice '', for example, who represent some combination of cadaver, exotic, and psychopomp.
Although the copy has been lost, the Andrea Bianco original is preserved at the Biblioteca Marciana ( Venice ).
Aveiro is sometimes called " The Portuguese Venice ", because of its canals and boats that remind one of the Italian city of Venice, as the city faced similar problems when it tried to conquer the water.
Ferry services to Italian cities of Venice, Ancona, Pescara and Bari from around a dozen of Croatian sea ports, most notably Rovinj, Rijeka, Zadar, Split, Korčula and Dubrovnik, is available on a daily or weekly basis.
* The film Carlo Goldoni – Venice, Grand Theatre of the World, directed by Alessandro Bettero, was released in 2007 and is available in English, Italian, French, and Japanese.
* Castello, Venice is the largest of the six sestieri of Venice
* 1508 – The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.
* European festivals The biggest European festival is the Cannes film festival in France along with Berlin and Venice.
Nan Madol offshore of Temwen Island near Pohnpei, consists of a series of small artificial islands linked by a network of canals, and is often called the Venice of the Pacific.
The first line connects Milan to Salerno via Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples, the second runs from Turin to Venice via Milan, and is under construction in parts.
El Greco, who moved to Venice after establishing his reputation in Crete, is the most famous artist of the school, who continued to use many Byzantine conventions in his works.
* 1718 – The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
The earliest known explicit Renaissance depiction is one of the many woodcut illustrations to Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a book published in Venice in 1499.
In central and Venice dialects of Vèneto, intervocalic has turned into a semivocalic, so that the written word ła bała is pronounced.
Yet another is to recite lines from The Merchant of Venice, thought to be a lucky play.
One possible place of birth is Venice's former contrada of San Giovanni Crisostomo, which is sometimes presented by historians as the birthplace, and it is generally accepted that Marco Polo was born in the Venetian Republic with most biographers pointing towards Venice itself as Marco Polo's home town.
* 1328 – Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.
* 421 – Venice is founded at twelve o ' clock noon, according to legend.
His work may also be found in museums in Italy and around the world, such as the Civica Galleria d ' Arte Moderna in Milan, the Tate Collection, The Angel of the City at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, the Norton Simon Museum, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D. C. Marini's work is authenticated by the experts at the Marino Marini Foundation in Pistoia, Italy.

Venice and capital
The capital of printing in Europe shifted to Venice, where visionary printers like Aldus Manutius ensured widespread availability of the major Greek and Latin texts.
By 1482 Venice was the printing capital of the world, and the leading printer was Aldus Manutius, who invented the concept of paperback books that could be carried in a saddlebag.
Venice, the primary tourist destination and the capital of Veneto
The region's capital and largest city is Venice.
When Benjamin Disraeli, future British Prime Minister, visited the city in 1830, he described it as " a city of palaces built by gentlemen for gentlemen ," and remarked that " Valletta equals in its noble architecture, if it does not excel, any capital in Europe ," and in other letters called it " comparable to Venice and Cádiz " and " full of palaces worthy of Palladio.
Tolkien noted that the capital Minas Tirith was situated on a latitude comparable to that of Venice, and the total area of Gondor as represented on Tolkien's maps was estimated by Karen Wynn Fonstad at.
By the 15th century, no compulsory clothing seems to have been imposed on prostitutes in Florence, Venice ( the European capital of courtesans ) or Paris.
The Thai capital Bangkok was crisscrossed by khlong and so gained the name Venice of the East.
In 1849, the new Roman Republic adopted an Italian tricolour, sent from Venice, bearing the legend in red capital letters.
The RSI had no official capital but the unofficial capital became Salò on Lake Garda, midway between Milan and Venice where Mussolini resided along with the foreign office of the RSI.
Estonian Air offers direct flights from the Estonian capital Tallinn to the European destinations: Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, Hannover, Helsinki, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kajaani, Kiev, Kuressaare, London, Moscow, Nice ( summer only ), Oslo, Paris, Riga, St Petersburg, Stockholm, Trondheim, Venice ( summer only ), Vilnius, Vienna, Tartu, Tbilisi.
Doge's Palace, Venice | Palazzo Ducale in Venice:: commons: Category: Capitals in the Doge's Palace ( Venice )-28 | capital # 28 in the porch, featuring Virtues and vices-In fidelitate nulli gero ( Fidelity )
During the 1470s Nicholas Jenson ’ s technical skill and business acumen helped establish Venice as Italy ’ s publishing capital and in centuries since he has been celebrated for perfecting roman type, the rebirth of Latin inscription.
It is long and was first channelled in the 16th century when a long canal was built from the village of Stra to the Adriatic Sea, bypassing Venetian lagoon ; a secondary channel, often named as Riviera del Brenta, was left to connect directly Venice and Padua ( which was a kind of second capital of Venice Republic ).
Its capital is the city of Venice.
Today, Italy has an important place in the international art scene, with several major art galleries, museums and exhibitions ; major artistic centres in the country include its capital city, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Naples, Turin, and other cities.
The area was once notoriously squalid and described as " The very capital of cholera " and " The Venice of drains " by the Morning Chronicle of 1849.
* Adriatico ( capital Venice )
Located about 100 kilometres north of Venice, Belluno is the capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomiti's region.
The town is approximately 50 from Venice, the capital of the region.

Venice and Veneto
He could not buy expensive jewels, own property outside Venice or the Veneto, display his insignia outside the Ducal Palace, decorate his apartment as he wanted, receive people in his ducal dress, send official letters, or have close ties with guilds, amongst a great many other restrictions.
The last and most enduring immigration into the north of the Italian peninsula was that of the Lombards in 568, leaving the Eastern Roman Empire a small strip of coast in the current Veneto, including Venice.
In 1866, following the Third Italian War of Independence, Venice, along with the rest of the Veneto, became part of the newly created Kingdom of Italy.
The competition for foreigners to buy homes in Venice has made prices rise so highly that numerous inhabitants are forced to move to more affordable areas of Veneto and Italy, the most notable being Mestre.
Morning Impression along a Canal in Venice, Veneto, Italy.
Veneto, as part of the Republic of Venice, had been an independent state for more than a millennium.
In 643, AD the Lombards conquered the Byzantine base at Oderzo and took possession of practically all of Veneto ( and Friuli ) except for Venice and Grado.
After the Italians suffered an enormous defeat at Caporetto in November 1917, the combined Austro-Hungarian and German forces advanced almost unhindered through Veneto towards Venice until reaching the Piave River.
Veneto region has an especially strong and growing feeling toward autonomy and independence, because it had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice.
Born in Venice, Benedetto Marcello was a member of a noble family and his compositions are frequently referred to as Patrizio Veneto.
The painter came from the small town of Castelfranco Veneto, 40 km inland from Venice.
He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno ( in Veneto ), in the Republic of Venice.
Piranesi was born in Mogliano Veneto, near Treviso, then part of the Republic of Venice.
In the Veneto he renewed his acquaintance with the Collector Earl of Arundel and toured the art collections of Venice with Arundel's son and heir.
* Adriatic Veneti, inhabitants of the Veneto region, which was part of the Republic of Venice and now part of Italy
Catherine was a daughter of Nobil Huomo Marco Cornaro ( Venice, December, 1406 – Venice, 1 August 1479 ), Cavaliere del Sacro Romano Impero ( Knight of the Holy Roman Empire ) and Patrizio Veneto ( Patrician of Venice ), by his wife Fiorenza Crispo.
It will provide an S-Bahn-like transport system to the main urban zones of Veneto, like Venice and Padua, and to the surrounding towns.
Venetia formed for a long time the eastern part of the land portion ( Domini di Terraferma, or Land Dominions ) of the Republic of Venice, including current Veneto and Friuli ; while Gorizia and Trieste were always under Austrian emperors ' rule but for a few years in the early 16th century.
" Peasants and Revolutionaries in Venice and the Veneto, 1848 ," Historical Journal, Sep 1974, Vol.
* Venice ( Veneto ): Madonna della Salute, Santa Maria della Salute
* Fondamenta Sant ' Apollonia, situated in Venice, Veneto

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