The Masks Mystery, enigma, seduction is what is expressed with a mask that conceals one feature. But only a few know where masks come from and the troubled history of masks in Venice. The mask (the word mask comes from the Arabic “mascharà“, which means mockery, satire) has always been one of the characteristic and […]
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A Sense of Antiquity Founded by Julius Caesar with the name of Forum Iulii in 568 AD. Cividale became the seat of the first Longobard duchy in Italy and later, the residence of the Patriarchs of Aquileia. This pretty town is antique, but clean like a bright new penny! Cividale del Friuli is located at […]
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Venice Ghetto is one of my favorite places to visit in Venice; it is beautiful and melancholic. But the story of the settlement of jews there is very sad, as one can expect. In 1385 the Senate allowed to reside in in Venice to a group of Jewish lenders of German origin. It was not […]
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A nice day as a farewell to the summer in a fishermen’s small town is always a pleasant idea, especially if concluded with dinner al fresco. Marano Lagunare is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Udine. It is a […]
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