Clock tower in San Marco Square

the story goes that the father and son who were commissioned to design this were blinded afterwards so they couldn't repeat the job for anyone else - this was before the days of patent attorneys

The gondoliers

June 13th 2007
Later in the day, after much exploring, see Tony & Maria coming along Viala del San Giglio. We give them the tix, so they too can do a cruise of the grand canal by water taxi. A great way to see Venice life... Towards dusk we enlist Luciano to give us the guided tour in his gondola around the waterways, while sipping champagne - it IS Jo's birthday, after all. Luciano, may be Italian, but he ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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