This is my 3rd and final post on Venice, unless, of course, if I return there some day! I mainly want to show the photos that I didn’t show in my previous posts, I don’t have a lot more to say.
A beautiful entrance to a passage. Sotoportego porton dei mori. I’ve been trying to work out what this means. I’ve looked up both the Italian and Latin translations. Sotoportego apparently means passage, but – porton dei mori – could mean something like God’s gate to death, or gate of the Moors. Perhaps someone out there could enlighten me?
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Just looking at some of the details that appear on the walls of the houses and other buildings, some religious, some not.
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This piece of relief artwork was embedded into the side of a building. It looks like it was previously a window.
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This one above is one of the many quiet Campos (Squares) in the less touristy areas, with one of the many Church buildings.
I appreciate your visit, thank you. If you have not seen my two earlier posts on Venice, Please take a look.
Here is my second post on photos of Venice. I had difficulty whittling it down to 30+ photos. I normally don’t like to show more than 20 photos in one post. I’ve tried not to use too many similar looking images, but I’m not sure if I succeeded in that endeavour. There are still several more I may show in one more post, although I don’t have too much more to say about them I just mainly want to show the images.
The Grand Canal
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Just some detail of the beautiful architecture
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Many of the buildings bear some little bit of surprising detail, like the image above. Religious images are common, but not all are religious
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Before my trip I had read that there are no seats in Venice. They like people to keep moving and not sitting down eating and probably feeding the pigeons etc. That must be very hard on some people I thought. Of course you can go into expensive restaurants and sit there. I was then pleasantly surprised to find that in these squares or Campos that aren’t in the most crowded areas there are seats and you can eat your sandwich and drink your flask of coffee without getting arrested!
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I really must comment on the bridges. Most, if not all of Venice bridges have steps and I saw only one that had a ramp along one side. I saw a lot of parents with buggies (push chairs, go-karts), having to drag them up the steps on these bridges. Tourists have heavy suitcases with wheels and there are people – tourists and locals alike, who may not be as mobile as they would like to be, with dodgy aging knees etc. It’s tough on elderly people who have been walking around sightseeing all day. Also local people would often be moving goods around with those stair climbing trolleys. How much easier it would be for everyone if all the bridges were fitted with ramps, like the one I did see. Surely – with all that tourist money they could manage that?
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I took a lot of these photos looking down these narrow streets. Sometimes they give an interesting composition.
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So – until next time! Thanks so much for your visit. Please come back again. My Photos of Venice are available to view or purchase from my website: https://www.helene-brennan.com/c869-italy
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