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Picture of the Week

We start this new section where every week a different picture will be showcased. Occasionally, there will be a second picture for you to identify.

The answer will be posted the following week, but if you do not want to wait, you can always e-mail me at:
sestiere@aloverofvenice.com

February 11, 2012

February 15 is the feast of San Simeon.

"And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem,
to present him to the Lord....And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was
just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by
the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ... And Simeon blessed them, and said
unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be
spoken against; (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be
revealed." Luke 3: 22-35.

This passage describes the presentation of Jesus in the temple, a blessing of the first-born males that according to
Jewish law was performed forty days after birth. The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple is celebrated on February 2
by the Roman Catholic Church and other western churches, but the feast of San Simeon is celebrated on February 15,
which is February 2 according to the old Julian Calendar. Other traditional names for the feast of the Presentation of Jesus
are Candlemass and the Purification of the Virgin.

Venice has two churches consecrated to San Simeon: the newer and bigger church of San Simeon Piccolo, across from the Ferrovia,
and the older and smaller (yes, smaller) San Simeon Grande (or Grando) also known as San Simeon Profeta, both in the
sestiere of Santa Croce.

The façade of the church of San Simeon Piccolo has been covered with an ugly scaffolding, but, after many years,
the scaffolding finally came down in January 2012. It's the only church in Venice where mass in Latin is celebrated every day.

San Simeon Grande

San Simeon Piccolo. The campanile may qualify for the honor of being the shortest campanile in Venice. It rises only 10 feet from
the rooftop.

February 4, 2012

Enjoying the timid sun at San Giacomo da l'Orio, Santa Croce, before the big freeze.

Do you know where to find this?

The legend reads:

"This fragment of barbarity is in the noble stone framed
to denounce the perpetual enemy who has added shame to his shame
and glory to our glory."

10 August 1916, Gabriele D'Annunzio

Answer

January 28, 2012

For all cat lovers out there, here you have the three little cat houses I found hidden in Parco Savorgnan in Cannaregio.

A bit later I found the three beautiful cats.

I also found a rat trap. The cats must be very well fed.

To all Lovers of Venice, here is the question of the week:
What is the most common bridge name in Venice?
Send me an e-mail (sestiere@aloverofvenice.com) with your best guess.
Do not check any maps. I'll publish the poll results, the right
answer and the name of the winner in a couple of weeks.
(Do not cheat!)
Answer

January 21, 2012

Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia, Campo Manin, San Marco
Built in the 1970's by Pier Luigi Nervi and Angelo Scattolin, the building has been ever since the subject of controversy.
I believe history will be kind to it.

Check out the revamped San Marco section in Hidden Corners.

Can you find this vera da pozzo? Answer

January 14, 2012

Cannaregio

January 7, 2012

Do not touch Rialto

You may have seen this banner at the Pescaria and wondered what it meant.
It was a popular response to last year's proposal to move the wholesale fish market from Tronchetto to Fusina, which would have
meant the death penalty to the Rialto Market. The markets will stay and so will the banner, just in case.

Can you figure out which campo is behind the glass and from where the picture was taken? The answer can be found
in a picture already posted in this section. Answer

December 31, 2011

Happy New Year!!!

Dawn, December 30, 2011

December 10, 2011

A touching love letter to Venice by FKY that I'd like to share with everybody.
Thanks Annie for sharing it with me. Here is the link:

http://vimeo.com/32740428

December 3, 2011

Two wintery views from the Fondamente Nove

Here is a tough one. Can you find this sotoportego?
I thought that a scene from Summertime was filmed here but upon close
inspection I realized that it wasn't. It's in Cannaregio. One of my most
treasured reference books on Venice, Calli, Campielli e Canali, at least
in its fourth edition, has this place marked as a Calle and not as a Sotoportego.
The only mistake, as far as I know, in this otherwise totally reliable reference.
You can go through the sotoportego if you travel with Venice Connected.
Answer

November 27, 2011

Cannaregio

Can they go under this bridge at high tide? Answer

November 20, 2011

Masters of Venice
Renaissance Painters of Passion and Power

This is the title of a wonderful exhibition that came to San Francisco from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
The City by the Bay has been bestowed the privilege of being the only city where this extraordinary collection of works
by Venetian painters will be exhibited outside Vienna. Works by Titian, Veronese, Mantegna and Giorgione, among
others, make for a cohesive and luminous show. Even the Tintorettos in this collection are brilliant. To me, however,
three of the most breathtaking pieces are two Giorgiones: "The Three Philosophers" and "Youth with an Arrow," and
above all, the overwhelming "Christ with the Cross" by the little-known Veneto artist, Pordenone. There is something
inscrutable in Christ's gaze as he looks back over his right shoulder. It's not sorrow, it's not condemnation, it's not judgment,
it's not compassion but it has some elements of all these emotions. What makes this painting so moving is not only the
modern expression in Christ's face, but its size. He faces us at eye level, human and approachable.

If you are in San Francisco you can visit the exhibition at the De Young Museum
in the Golden Gate park until February 12, 1012, or you will have to wait
until it returns to Vienna.

November 12, 2011

Ponte del Prefetto, Santa Croce

The mystery "herb" from last week's picture has been nailed, thanks to Annie's keen eye.
Can you spot the tiny strawberries?

Can you go through this open door? The chalet is the clue. Answer

November 5, 2011

What looks like a gardenia plant, basil, two kinds of sage and an unknown herb.
Treasures in plain sight by a restaurant door near chiesa dei Frari, San Polo.

October 29, 2011

Zacaria's, across from La Fenice, San Marco, 1920. Many years ago, when I first discovered it,
it was on Campo San Provolo.
The owner makes one-of-a-kind frames, bookmarks, miniature libraries.

Do you know where to go to ride this little horse? The horse itself is the clue. Answer

October 22, 2011

One of my favorite spots: Bar ai Miracoli, Campo Santa Maria Nova, Cannaregio.

This is a tough one. Can you find these unique windows? They are in a hidden court on your way from Dorsoduro to
San Polo. Answer

October 16, 2011

Can you find this vera da pozzo? It's one of the few that comes in pairs. It can be seen in de' Barbari's map
(this probably won't hep much.) Answer

October 8, 2011

When it comes to naming streets, Venetians like to keep their options open.
These are two of my favorites.

Near San Beneto

Near San Tomà

A place not to do it. Where are we? Answer

October 1, 2011

The sweet side of Venice. Campo Santi Filippo e Giacomo, Castello.

September 24, 2011

Lazy morning in Campiello Piave, Madonna de l'Orto, Cannaregio.

Domenico Cimarosa was an Italian composer (1749-1801) born near Naples. His masterpiece, the opera
"Il Matrimonio Segreto," opened in Vienna in 1792. Although he achieved great success in his lifetime, he died destitute
in Venice in 1801. A plaque remembers the place where he lived and died. Do you know where? Answer

September 2, 2011

Rio de San Lorenzo meets Rio de San Giovanni Laterano, Castello.

Photo credit: Vern, a Hoosier in Venice

August 27, 2011

Late summer light on the Grand Canal

Come say hello... I'm not that far away. Answer

August 20, 2011

Madonna della Misericordia protecting Venice.
Workshop of Giovanni Ferro, artigiani, glass.
Ferro e Cimegotto, Calle Seconda dei Saoneri,
San Polo, 2672 a/b.

August 12, 2011

There is something about this picture that a single adjective cannot capture.

"San Rocco" by Bartolomeo Vivarini (1480),
Church of Sant' Eufemia, Giudecca.
Read the wonderful article about the Church of Sant' Eufemia in Annie's blog
August 16 is Saint Roch's day.

Do you know where these shadows are cast? Viva Vittorio Emanuele...Answer

August 7, 2011

Early morning on Rio de la Fornace, Dorsoduro.

Can you find this hidden court? Answer

July 29, 2011

Let's imagine a world where the laundry should match the color of the house
Campiello del Squero by Campazzo San Sebastiano, Dorsoduro.

Pardon the fuzziness, but can you identify this cupola topper? You've seen it, but don't be too quick to guess. Answer

July 23, 2011

Another Venice
Fondamenta dei Tabacchi, Santa Croce.

July 16, 2011

Camels in San Moisè... Elephants in the Piazza...
Well, in fact not everyone agrees that the animals on the façade of San Moisè are truly camels. Lorenzetti calls them "fantastic
animals" and Jan Morris "queer dromedaries" that "seem to have the heads of turtles." To me they are just Venetian Camels,
part of Venice's unique bestiary, or a lost branch of evolution. The elephant in the Piazza also belongs to this category.

Let's not forget that today's was the most cherished of all Venetian feasts, the Festa del Redentore. A celebration that brings
the people of Venice together. Many congregate on boats in the Bacino di San Marco, to eat, drink and watch the fireworks
but many more do it along the Riva.
Today the Castellani, more specifically those who live around Via Garibaldi, have one less reason to celebrate.
Numerous foreign megayachts have been granted permission to moor by the Via dei Sette Martiri blocking the view of the Bacino
and the fireworks and relegating the Castellani to a second row. Watch their video called Vergogna (Shame on you) aimed at
the authorities.

July 9, 2011

Lost in Venice...

Only one thing is more exhilarating that getting lost in Venice and finally finding one's way.
It's finding again that unexpected but magical spot that we accidentally discovered when we got lost.

Poet Rainer Maria Rilke and his faithful companion and tour guide, Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis,
a Venice native, knew this too well. Much to the embarrassment of the Princess, they got lost on their way from San Zaccaria
to Santa Maria Formosa. This is how the Princess describes the episode:

"One fine morning we were on our way to the Stampalia Gallery and Santa Maria Formosa. I knew that Santa Maria
Formosa was not far from San Zaccaria, and must be quite near Riva del [sic] Schiavoni. So we started by taking the
vaporetto (alas, the gondolas are becoming rarer and rarer!) and then walked on. A friendly little old man, who was
roasting chestnuts, showed us the direction to go in, 'and then straight on!' Naturally, we should have gone in the opposite
direction and soon we lost our way in a labyrinth of streets, passages, bridges and sottoportici; a disgrace for a native of
Venice like myself! Then suddenly we found ourselves in a very strange, completely unknown spot. A long street, which
was not really what we call a 'calle' in Venice, with a small fountain at either end, very high, large houses on both sides -sad,
bare houses, devoid of the grotesque ornaments and open-work on the windows, that abounds in the poorer quarters of
Venice, and above all silence -a silence so deep that it seemed to be a legacy from time immemorial and which was further
intensified by the shrill notes of a flute, on which someone was playing an interminable, Eastern melody. We both stood still
and looked around us with the same sense of uncanny oppression, staring at the decaying pavement, from which grass was
sprouting (grass in Venice!), the silent, poverty-stricken houses with their closed doors and barred windows, behind which
no face appeared, the deserted street. Far and wide there was not a sound to be heard except the strange monotonous
complaint of the flute [...] In vain we looked for the name of the street, which is normally always written up. I believe we
shall never find that spot again, never again hear the little flute's long-drawn-out Eastern melody quavering through the
empty streets. We often discussed the episode. Rilke always insisted that in spite of all his searching he was never again
able to find that weird street."

[From Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis, Memoirs of a Princess, trans. Nora Wydenbruck]

July 2, 2011

Summer rain. Calle del Pistor and Campielo de l'Anconeta, Cannaregio.

Where can you find this happy little fellow?Answer

June 25, 2011

Palazzo Corner Mocenigo, Campo San Polo

One door for the living, one door for the dead.
Giovanni Corner who lived here until his death in 1799, had one door for daily use and the other to let the dead out.

Guess from where this picture was taken...Dorsoduro? San Marco?
...Dorsoduro!! Answer

June 18, 2011

Alexander the Great ascending to Heaven. Basilica de San Marco, North façade.
Byzantine style relief, 10th century.

According to legend, Alexander harnessed two starving griffins to his chariot and enticed
them with meat pierced to his lances (seemingly two rabbits in this
relief) to fly him to Heaven to take a peek at all things celestial.
An angel intercepted him and asked him why he wanted to see Heaven when he did not yet understand
the things of this Earth. He came back.
This Byzantine story reminds us of the futility of presumptuousness.

June 11, 2011

Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Chapel of the Rosary.

The beautiful dossals in walnut wood, depicting scenes from the life of Christ and Mary, were originally
at the Scuola della Carità. They are the work of Giocomo Piazzetta (father of the painter Giambattista Piazzetta)
from the end of the 17th century. The chapel was damaged by fire in 1867 and restored to its former glory
in the 20th century.

June 26 is the day of Saints John and Paul, two brothers, two soldiers, two martyrs, two saints (4th century).

Where are we? Answer

June 4, 2011

Festa della Sensa is June 5

Church of San Nicolò al Lido

Do you know where to find this wrought iron overpass? Answer

May 28, 2011

It's a boy!

Where are we? Answer

May 21, 2011

Only in Venice: Window at Campo San Zaccaria

May 14, 2011

Campo San Polo

If you've seen it, you would surely remember it. It's in Castello, not in China. Answer

May 7, 2011

Ex-Molino Stucky, today a Hilton hotel.

Do you know where to find these graffiti that mentions the big freeze of 1864, when it was possible to
walk from Venice to San Michele? Answer

April 30, 2011

Salizada San Canzian

Do you know where to find this sotoportego? Answer

April 23, 2011

Don't forget, April 25 is Saint Mark's day!

April 16, 2011

Casa Bepi, Burano

This colorful house is the brainchild of Giuseppe Toselli, Bepi, who was born and died in this house (1920-2002).
The new owners have restored the façade but kept Bepi's original designs.

Do you know where to find this eroded "Daniel and the Lions"? Answer

April 9, 2011

Another Venice
Gardens of Ca' Zenobio, Fondamenta del Soccorso, Dorsoduro.
The loggia at the end of the garden was built by Tommaso Temanza, who also built the church of
La Madalena in Cannaregio, in 1777 and housed the Zenobio family library. Today it is the Armenian Culture Study Center
and Archive.
The palazzo belongs to the Armenian Mechitarist community and houses the Collegio Armeno. It is also a guest house.
It can be visited during the Biennale.

Where can we go for a bike ride? Answer

April 2, 2011

A different reflection. Sacca de la Toletta. Dorsoduro.

Where are we? Answer

March 26, 2011

After being scorned several times for trying to take a picture or for just thinking of taking one (I guess the attendant could read
my intention in my eyes) last time I visited the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli, it was open season for photography.
I wish I had had a better camera with me that day. Here is the Annunciation, probably by Tullio Lombardo.

Do you know where to find this sad lion? Hint: He was in hiding for a very long time. Answer

March 19, 2011

According to legend, Venice was founded by Paduans on Friday, March 25 (the day of the Annunciation), at noon, in the year 421 in the
heart of the Rialto by raising up the church of San Giacomo. Coincidentally, this year March 25 also falls on a Friday.
Happy 1590 anniversary, Venice!

March 12, 2011

No sign in the Piazza indicates its name, except for this very faded one on the arches of the Procuratie Nove.
"Piazza di San Marco" can be barely made out.

Do you know where I quack? Answer

March 5, 2011

Corte del Teatro San Moisè, San Marco.
Nearby the old Teatro San Moisè where Rossini at the age of 18 presented his first opera, "The Marriage Contract,"
on November 3, 1810 and where the first public cinematographic projection in Venice by the Lumière brothers took
place on July 9, 1896.

February 25, 2011

Another Venice
Ponte del Campo di Marte on Rio de Santa Marta, between Santa Croce and Dorsoduro

Can you find this private bridge? A clue is in the light and the building on the right (picture taken at midmorning). Answer

February 19, 2011

Winter morning in Campo S. S. Giovanni e Paolo

February 12, 2011

Coca-Cola in Venice

Following Luigi Bona's favorite theme -see Annie's picture (February 4, 2011) and Picture of the Week below (April 30, 2010): more
Coca-Cola in Venice. This time on Salizzada San Samuele, San Marco, and an old photograph above the door of the American Bar
in the Piazza.

For all those Argentines out there, remember the irreverent and totally politically incorrect song from the 70's,
Jorge Schussheim's homage of sorts to the cultural ubiquity of Coca-Cola?

Coca-Cola refresca mejor
Coca-Cola elimina el dolor
Coca-Cola, querida señora,
es el símbolo perfecto del amor.

Coca-Cola refreshes best
Coca-Cola gets rid of the pain
Coca-Cola, dear ma'am,
is the perfect symbol of love. (*)

(*) because the shape of the bottle resembles the female body

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srdK9g7BwRM

Can you find this solitary corner? Answer

February 5, 2011

Ammonite fossil in the Piazza. If you are able to recall an interesting, but often unnoticed feature of the Piazza, you would
probably be able to guess the exact location of the fossil. It's not at the base of a pole, column, by the Molo or the piazzette.
It is at the corner of the Ala Napoleonica and the Procuratie Vecchie. The often unnoticed feature of the Piazza is that the Ala
Napoleonica and the Procuratie Nuove are a few steps above the ground level of the Procuratie Vecchie.

These two almost identical images of the Madonna are in distant corners of the city. One comes with a small clue.
Where are they? Answer

January 29, 2011

Can you locate this hidden treasure? Answer

January 22, 2011

You've seen them a hundred times. Where are these hand-made Venetian shades? Answer

January 14, 2011

San Gregorio, beginning of the snowfall

January 4, 2011

December 11, 2010

Antique Market, Campo San Maurizio, held on the weekend before Christmas

December 5, 2010

Happy Hanukkah. Ghetto Vecchio, Cannaregio

Do you know where to find this mermaid? Answer

November 28, 2010

San Francesco della Vigna, cloister. Castello (for Annie)

November 20, 2010

Happy Festa de La Salute

Can you find these blessing hands? Answer

November 13, 2010

Campo S. Stefano

November 5, 2010

Airing the fish (gò) risotto at Da Romano in Burano. All the flavors of the sea are distilled into a subtle, creamy, unforgettable dish.

Can you find this relief of the Madonna and the poor headless Baby Jesus? Answer

October 31, 2010

Walk at midmorning along Calle Larga Giacinto Gallina on your way from the Miracoli church to S. S. Giovanni e Paolo
and be delighted by their singing.

October 22, 2010

Rio de San Luca from Campo Manin. In the house between Ponte de la Cortesia and Ponte di San Paternian
lived Daniele Manin, Venetian patriot and last president of the Republic of Venice, which was reestablished on March 23, 1848 and
dissolved for ever a year later, after a brutal siege by Austrian forces. As part of the honorable
surrender that Manin negotiated with the Austrians, he left Venice in exile not to return to his beloved city.
Almost destitute, he lived in Paris where he tirelessly worked for Italian unity. He died in 1857 and
his remains were brought back to Venice in 1868 and buried with honors on the North side of the Basilica's façade.

Where are we? Answer

October 17, 2010

Venice peeling off after the rain

October 8, 2010

Winter view from Ca' Rezzonico

Here is a tough one: Can you find this unpaved and hidden corte? It is in a sestiere that starts with a C. Answer

October 1, 2010

Basilica's South Façade

September 22, 2010

After a short break in Argentina, here is a preview of an upcoming section: "Venice in Buenos Aires."

September 2, 2010

Going home at the end of the Regata Storica

August 27, 2010

Dreaming of "flan di zucca" from La Zucca.

Where are we? Answer

August 20, 2010

The sweetest view. Arriving in Venice from the airport.

August 13, 2010

Punta della Dogana

August 6, 2010

Photo credit: Vern, a Hoosier in Venice

Can you locate this sotoportego?
I did not know where Vern took this beautiful picture, so thought it was going to be difficult to find the location. I was just about to ask
all of you for help, but out of thin air I identified the white building (I believe the trim around the openings and the white stone gave it away)
and bingo! Venice Connected confirmed the location. The low sotoportego is truly hidden (I've never seen it) but
the white building is not; it can be admired from a nearby bridge (a picture of it can be found in "Hidden Corners"). Have fun. Answer

July 31, 2010

'Prophets' on the façade of the church of San Zaccaria (XVth cent.), Castello.

July 24, 2010

'Sbarlùsego' on Ponte S. Boldo, Santa Croce

Where is this modern corte? Answer

July 17, 2010

Happy Festa del Redentore! Have a Bellini

July 10, 2010

'Summertime' goblets in Piazza San Marco (for Trichelle)

Chimneys again. Can you find these ones (near a "Summertime" location)? Answer

July 3, 2010

'Tube' by Žilvinas Kempinas (Lithuania), Venice Biennale, 2009, Scuola Grande della Misericordia

June 27, 2010

Children at play in Campo San Giacomo da l'Orio

June 20, 2010

Ponte Molin on Rio de S. Caterina

Can you locate this relief of the Madonna with Child? It's in a corte not too far from P. Molin. Answer

June 14, 2010

Campo San Barnaba

June 6, 2010

From the Accademia vaporetto stop

June 1, 2010

Having a little rest in Campo San Polo

May 22, 2010

Burano

Do you know where we are? Answer

May 16, 2010

Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo also known as Contarini-Polignac, near San Vio. One of the first Gothic palaces to be remodeled according to the dictates of the Renaissance style. At the end of the 15th century, Giovanni di Antonio Buora worked on the façade which has also been attributed to Mauro Codussi and Pietro Lombardo.

May 8, 2010

Festa della Sensa is May 16, 2010. This is the most traditional of all Venetian feasts. It originated in the year 997 when Doge Pietro Orseolo sailed from Venice on Ascension Day to liberate the Dalmatian coast from pirate dominance. This event marked the beginning of Venice's control over the Adriatic and was celebrated every year by the Doge and his entourage visiting the port of the Lido on Ascension Day. In the year 1177, as a sign of gratitude for the Doge's role in the reconciliation between Pope Alexander III and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, the pope presented the Doge with a ring, symbol of papal authority. From then on a new custom was added to the traditional ceremony of visiting the port of the Lido. The Doge threw the ring to the waters to consecrate Venice's marriage to the sea and as a symbol of true and perpetual dominion over the sea. La Sensa, as the festivity is known in Venetian, was also celebrated by a famous fair in Piazza San Marco. The locations where merchants had to set their stands were clearly indicated, as can be seen in the photo below for "L'Arte de Calegheri" (shoemakers).
Today La Sensa is celebrated on the first Sunday following Ascension Day (Ascension Day, always a Thursday, is the 40th day from Easter), but there is a full calendar of events this year beginning on May 10.

Gabriel Bella, Antica fiera della Sensa, Fondazione Querini Stampalia

April 30, 2010

Luigi Bona, artist

3467 Castello, Salizada dei Greci

This lamp shouldn't be too difficult to locate. Clues are included. Answer

April 25, 2010

Happy Saint Mark's Day

April 18, 2010

From Fondamenta Narisi on Rio de S. Anzolo, San Marco

Do you know where we are? Answer

April 8, 2010

A morning in Dorsoduro: Unsung heroes

April 2, 2010

San Marco in all its glory

Happy Easter!

Can you locate this beautiful and peaceful corte? Answer

March 27, 2010

Quiet morning in the Ghetto

Happy Passover!
פסח שמח

March 19, 2010

Via Garibaldi and Ponte de le Cadene

Photo credit: Vern, a Hoosier in Venice

March 12, 2010

"In many of the calli you'll find old plastic bottles full of tap water on the ground resting against the walls....they are anti-pee devices. Apparently cats give them a wide berth, can't help it, they just can't go when there's a transparent container full of water in the vicinity: I don't know which feline ethologist discovered this little trick" Tiziano Scarpa, "Venice is a Fish".

A fondamenta in Castello

Can you locate this spot with two almost identical wellheads? Answer

March 5, 2010

"Colombes qui chient et rats qui volent" ("Pigeons that poop and rats that fly") by Jan Fabre, Venice Biennale, 2009

Can you locate this shrine? Answer

February 27, 2010

Rio del Santissimo from Campo S. Angelo. This rio runs under the church of S. Stefano.

February 19, 2010

End of Carnevale

Photo credit: Kimberly from San Diego

Can you identify it? The picture doesn't seem to contain much information but that odd shape is unique. Answer

February 12, 2010

Dolomites from Canal de Cannaregio

Can you locate this relief? Answer

February 5, 2010

Campiello Piave, behind the church of the Madonna de l'Orto.

January 29, 2010

We begin with this picture of a smiling (despite the cold) gondolier.

Can you identify this chimney? The pitched roof (in a remote campo) may give you a clue. Answer