The "Pescheria".

The Rialto Markets.

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June 8th 2009
The Rialto Markets. Venetians have been going to the Erberia to buy fruit, vegetables and fish for hundreds of years. At dawn heavily laden barges offload crates onto the quayside of the Grand Canal and stallholders are busy, arranging produce with love and care. Each item looks like a work of art - as if it’s been polished by hand. Placed just so. Thin green stalked asparagus tied in bunches, ... 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