La Serenissima
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:46 pm
Venice. A romantic town with a rich history dating to about the second century. Venice would rise to power and dominate much of northern Italy, the Adriatic Sea and become the launchpoint of the Crusades.
Please forgive these photos which for some reason have become defective and so I decided to scan them in order to preserve them. The defects are obvious in some but should not detract from the images. I will one day edit out the blemishes.
Venice is a truly amazing city with so much to see and photograph. I have literally hundreds of photos including some truly amazing pictures from Carnivale (Marti Gras) with the fantastic costumes parading through the immensely crowded Piazza San Marco.
Venice is also the quintessential Italian tourist trap with thousands upon thousands of tourists from every part of the globe crodwding into too narrow streets buying overpriced merchandise, generally poor quality food (unless you leave the traditional tourist areas) and finding practically no public restroom facilities. I was there so many times (mainly to show my visiting friends and their wives) I could conduct guided tours, though I much preferred other less travelled villages and historical treasures off the beaten path.
I have decided to to post just a few pictures of some of the common sites. I returned to Venice about five years ago and found the great restoration projects that had begun in San Marco Square were finally complete and city had a fresh, newer look.
I hope the defects in some of these photos do not distract too much.
Please forgive these photos which for some reason have become defective and so I decided to scan them in order to preserve them. The defects are obvious in some but should not detract from the images. I will one day edit out the blemishes.
Venice is a truly amazing city with so much to see and photograph. I have literally hundreds of photos including some truly amazing pictures from Carnivale (Marti Gras) with the fantastic costumes parading through the immensely crowded Piazza San Marco.
Venice is also the quintessential Italian tourist trap with thousands upon thousands of tourists from every part of the globe crodwding into too narrow streets buying overpriced merchandise, generally poor quality food (unless you leave the traditional tourist areas) and finding practically no public restroom facilities. I was there so many times (mainly to show my visiting friends and their wives) I could conduct guided tours, though I much preferred other less travelled villages and historical treasures off the beaten path.
I have decided to to post just a few pictures of some of the common sites. I returned to Venice about five years ago and found the great restoration projects that had begun in San Marco Square were finally complete and city had a fresh, newer look.
I hope the defects in some of these photos do not distract too much.