Showing posts with label Italia (Venice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italia (Venice. Show all posts

08 November 2008

Sightseeing in Venezia, Italia (Venice, Italy)

Ponte di Rialto a Venezia, ItaliaPonte di Rialto a Venezia, Italia
The Rialto Bridge (Italian: Ponte di Rialto) is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. It is the oldest bridge across the canal and probably the most famous in the city.

Gondola Serenade in Venice, ItalyGondola Serenade in Venice, Italy
When in Venezia, Italia. Take your very lucky and very gorgeous sweetheart to a gondola serenade around the Venezian Canals. the Italian Maestro with his opera-worthy voice will sure make you and your honey get laid in Venezia. The sights and sounds of this amazing floating city will sure make your holiday nookies top your sex charts. so open you hotel windows and let everyone hear you and your honey go at it all day everyday.

Piazza San Marco a Venezia, ItaliaPiazza San Marco a Venezia, Italia
Summer in Venice...
Take a stroll on the 13th century brick pavement of the Piazza and enjoy the Venetian Sun casting interesting shadows on Byzantine-clad architecture, but come the rainy season is flooding over the Piazza which is also very good for some photographers but not very much for the tourists. 

Piazza San Marco is the principal square of Venice, Italy. It is one of the few great urban spaces in a Europe where human voices prevail over the sounds of motorized traffic, which is confined to Venice's waterways. It is the only urban space called a piazza in Venice; the others, regardless of size, are called campi.

As the central landmark and gathering place for Venice, Piazza San Marco is extremely popular with tourists, photographers, and Venetian pigeons.

The Piazza San Marco is the lowest point in Venice, and as a result during the Acqua Alta the "high water" from storm surges from the Adriatic, or even heavy rain, it is the first to flood. Water pouring into the drains in the Piazza runs directly into the Grand Canal. This is ideal during heavy rain, but during the acqua alta it has the reverse effect, with water from the canal surging up into the Square.

06 November 2008

Basilica di San Marco a Venezia, Italia (Venice, italy)

Basilica di San Marco a Venezia, Italia
Basilica di San Marco a Venezia is the most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of Byzantine architecture. Originally it was the "chapel" of the Venetian rulers, and not the city's cathedral. Since 1807 it has been the seat of the Patriarch of Venice, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice. For its opulent design, gilded Byzantine mosaics, and its status as a symbol of Venetian wealth and power, from the 11th century on the building was known by the nickname Chiesa d'Oro (Church of gold).

Sightseeing in Venezia, Italia (Venice, Italy)

in Venice, Italy