Tag Archives: Venice
Books in gondolas at ‘High Water’ Venice bookshop
P(By Mauretta Capuano) (ANSA) – Rome, May 7 – An 11-meter-long original gondola, kayaks, old-style bathtubs and wooden barrels are where old and new books are displayed at Venice’s ‘Acqua Alta’ – high water – bookshop, among the world’s only … Continue reading
Venice voting on independence in on-line referendum
IMG class=hide alt=”Venice voting on independence in on-line referendum” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-15f79c34d1e5bbbb2dea93eaaf3bd9d9.jpg” (ANSA) – Silea, March 20 – Residents of Venice and the surrounding affluent Veneto region continued voting Thursday in an extended on-line referendum that asked whether they wanted to remain … Continue reading
Venice cruise ship ban suspended
IMG class=hide alt=”Venice cruise ship ban suspended” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-b1c4d633e237b1c57fb87af8636b8d6c.jpg” (ANSA) – Venice, March 17 – A regional administrative court on Monday accepted a request to suspend restrictions on large cruise ships passing through Venice. The request had been submitted by Venezia … Continue reading
High water no match for Mardi Gras in Venice
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-ede3ab74d5dbe34c20f6929beaeb079b.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”High water no match for Mardi Gras in Venice” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-ede3ab74d5dbe34c20f6929beaeb079b.jpg” (ANSA) – Venice, March 4 – Water levels peaked at 110 centimetres in Venice during high tide Tuesday, flooding parts of the historic city … Continue reading
Bike path to link Venice to mainland
(ANSA) – Venice, November 29 – Officials in Venice on Friday presented plans to build a bike path connecting the island city to the mainland. The bike path would run across the Freedom Bridge, currently limited to automobile and rail … Continue reading
Big cruise ships banned from Venice starting next November
(see related) (ANSA) – Rome, November 5 – Government officials in Rome on Tuesday ordered a halt to large cruise ships passing through the Venice lagoon, effective from November 2014, and a limit on smaller cruise vessels effective in January. … Continue reading
Coypus invade Venice cemetery and school
(ANSA) – Venice, October 24 – Coypus have invaded the cemetery on the San Michele island in the Venetian Lagoon and a school in Venice, local police said on Thursday. Officials said many specimens of the large rodent had been … Continue reading
In Venice opens ‘Meditation’
(ANSA) – Venice, 27 APR – meditation “take advantage” of the network and also allows those who are far away or don’t have time to break the pace of work to apply the techniques of mental stillness. The idea came … Continue reading