Piazza Ariostoli-A small square surrounded on all sides by stores and houses, the center a well, trees and benches and generations.

impressions on arrival-Venezia

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September 14th 2005
The rims light by warm white lights, like the entrance guided by candlelight. Upon water. The horizon is constantly waving and firm ground is not a constant. Slightly nasal, but warm-sounding Venetian dialect. Unusual silences. Lack of cars, buses, motorinos and bicycles. Lapping of waves Up and down, and up and down, the rhythm of my journey over the small sets of marble stairs that cross ... 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