The Provveditori e Sopraprovveditori sopra Banchi were, in 1524, charged with overseeing the banks operating in Venice, around the markets at Rialto. Since the Middle Ages, noble families had operated banking activities around the Rialto with insufficient oversight. #Banking #Venice #SkyStorians

In Venice, there's a statue of a bearded man on the façade of the church of San Zulian, above the entrance. Yet another saint, one presumes, walking on towards St Mark's. Well, no! That's Tommaso Ravenna, astrologer & physician, who in the 1500s got rich and famous selling remedies for syphilis.

Help with Latin phrases needed. Esse suum infirmo medicus memorare tenetur. Mors praevisa parit saepe medelam animae. What's this supposed to be in English? The various online translators produce mostly meaningless babble. #latin #transltion

A member of the Pregadi — the Venetian senate — dressed in the traditional toga of important magistrates, with a black stola as a sign of mourning. The Republic of Venice had special rules about how magistrates could dress, even in periods of mourning. #SkyStorians #Venezia #Venice

This painting depicts a shoemaker specialised in calcagnette and zoccoli. There were calegheri, calzolari, scarpéri, zavatteri, zoccolai, pianellai, and scarperut. All these categories of shoemakers were organised in a single guild, the Scuola dei Calegheri in the Campo San Tomà. #skystorians

The well-known image of the plague doctor with the beaked mask doesn’t really have a lot of support in our sources. Did he even exist? And if he did, was he Venetian? #Venice #Podcast #Skystorians #PlagueDoctor

The well-known image of the plague doctor with the beaked mask doesn’t really have a lot of support in our sources. Did he even exist? And if he did, was he Venetian? #Venice #Podcast #Skystorians #PlagueDoctor

The Piazzetta is the part of the Piazza San Marco closest to the lagoon, around the two columns. Commonly seen there, in the early 1700s, were a prison ship, a street brawl and noblemen in the broglio, engaging in the less noble side of Venetian politics. #skystorians #Venezia #Venice

Over the more than a millennium of the Republic of Venice, it issued a wide variety of coins for all sorts of different purposes. Some were for the state budget only, others for daily use in the city, and others again for ceremonial use or restricted to banking. #skystorians #Venezia #Venice

I’m sitting on a bench in SS Giovanni e Paolo. The conversation behind me is fascinating; it sounds like a tour guide who really knows his stuff. He’s so good, I decide to tell him so. I walk up to him & glance at his name tag. “I know you!” It was René Seindal of @historywalksvenice.com in action!

Did the Venetian nobility play rugby in the early 1600s? Well, kinda. #Skystorians #Sports #Venezia #Venice

The Most Sacred Heart of Venice? What's in the cover illustration of the fourth volume of an 18th century trilogy? #venice #venezia #skystorians

The position of Procuratore di San Marco was one of the highest honorifics of the Republic of Venice, ranking just below the Doge. They were, as all other high-ranking magistrates of the Republic of Venice, dressed in the traditional toga or vesta. #skystorians #venice #venezia

The stole was an important part of the dress of Venetian state officials, as a sign of dignity, but also used to indicate supplication, and even as a way of having informal votes. #skystorians #venezia #venice

One of the many tasks Venetian noblemen could be charged with, was presiding over the state-run auctions of the unredeemed pawned goods of debtors, called the 'incanto'. Taverns and inns also served as pawn shops, to ensure common people too had access to credit. #Venezia #Venice #SkyStorians

How did the debut of young noblemen into political society work? It involved togas, stoles, wine and cakes. "Compari alla Malvasia" (Malvasia Companions) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal. #VenetianNobility #Venezia #Venice #Malvasia

Nobles at the Café Ever wondered how a barista in the Florian looked in the mid-1750? Wonder no more! "Nobles at the Café" from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal. #Coffee #VenetianNobility #Venezia #Venice #Grevembroch

Giogio Vasari on Sanmichele and the Sant'Andrea fortress. Extract of Vasari, "Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori" (1568), related to Michele Sanmicheli and the Fortress of Sant'Andrea. #Venezia #Venice historywalksvenice.com/translation/...

A lexicographer's lament. "There, fleeing Austrian bullets, hunger, anarchy and the many other calamities that afflicted the illustrious and unfortunate Venice, in a few hours, by cholera, on the twentyfirst day of August of the year 1849," …

An image of a Venice which no longer exists. Il Gran Teatro di Venezia — Veduta delle due Chiese di S. Nicolò e S. Giuseppe di Castello, published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717. #Venezia #Venice #VeniceLost #SkyStorians

A lexicographer's lament. "There, fleeing Austrian bullets, hunger, anarchy and the many other calamities that afflicted the illustrious and unfortunate Venice, in a few hours, by cholera, on the twentyfirst day of August of the year 1849," …

Today Venice remembered the victims of the tornado of September 11th, 1970. #Venice #Remembrance

Venetian Stories podcast Episode 17 — Venice and the plague – part 1 In 1348 — or maybe late in 1347 — a ship arrived in Venice with an unexpected — and unwanted — cargo: the plague. This episode is mostly about bacteria and miasma. #skystorians #venice #plague

Is it reasonable to feel happy because you've found a map of your city from 1580 you didn't know about before? #skystorians #venice #maps

Santa Lucia Why is the railroad station in Venice called Santa Lucia, who was she, and where's her church? #Venezia #Venice #LostVenice #skystorians

“Veduta della Fondamenta della Croce di Venetia” from the “Gran Teatro di Venezia”, published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717. A bit of casual violence in Rococo Venice. #Venice #Rococo #Traffic #RoadRage

The game of Pallone The giuoco del pallone — the game of the big ball — also called palla da pugno (fist ball) or palla al bracciale (ball with arm guard) was the quintessential ball game. The game of Pallone is a distant ancestor of modern tennis, with emphasis on 'distant' #skystorians #venice

Venetian Stories podcast Episode 16 — The game of Pallone In this episode, we’ll talk about proper ball games: noble games for decent people. Calcio, as discussed in the previous episode, wasn’t a real ball game. So what was a real and noble game for decent people? #skystorians #podcast #venice

I'll wait for the pig under the oak. Apparently, an old Venetian way of saying: what goes around, comes around. #skystorians #venice #PigsUnderOaks

Rococo Road Rage As I was browsing a book of old prints, I stumbled over something unexpected. An inconspicuous print from the early 1700s was full of traffic chaos and violence. #skystorians #venice #roadrage

Rococo Road Rage As I was browsing a book of old prints, I stumbled over something unexpected. An inconspicuous print from the early 1700s was full of traffic chaos and violence. #skystorians #venice #roadrage

Venetian Stories, episode 15 — Venetian football, or something. The ancient Venetians played 'calcio' for Lent, always a bit more civilised than beating each other to a pulp on various bridges in the city.

"I am a game for the amusement of others, And often from the thoughts of those who detain me, I swiftly evade the boundaries." Ball games in Venice as seen by a rococo artist.

Beggar in mask — destitute Venetian nobility begging on the streets. "As Mr Giambattista Gropelli always disapproved of this occult proceeding, so the Gentleman desired, that here his antipathy be marked." #skystorians #venice #barnabotti

The Venetian nobility was formally egalitarian, but in practice not so much. There were many differences within the aristocracy. The nobles never more than a few percent of the population, but they always dominated the republic, and after 1297, they were the republic. #skystorians #venice

The ancient Venetians enjoyed their well-known sports such as human towers, bull fights and fights on bridges using fists or sticks. They is, the lower classes did. Decent people, and nobles, engaged in more exotic activities, such as tennis, football and other ball games.

The ancient Venetians enjoyed their well-known sports such as human towers, bull fights and fights on bridges using fists or sticks. They is, the lower classes did. Decent people, and nobles, engaged in more exotic activities, such as tennis, football and other ball games.

How a romantic little food fight waxed sorely into deadly war, and white chickens. We can't ignore the white chickens. Venetian Stories podcast episode 14. venetianstories.com/podcast/epis...

Venetian Stories Podcast — Episode 13 — Nobles and Citizens What did it mean to be a nobleman or noblewoman in the Republic of Venice? What did it mean not to be noble? This is not as simple as it sounds. All people were not equal in the Republic of Venice. #Venice #VenetianStories #Podcast

Jacopo Tiepolo was the 43rd doge of Venice, ruling from 1229 to 1249. He left his marks on the city, which are clearly visible even today, eight centuries later. Any visitor to Venice will have seen some of Tiepolo's legacy, and neybe even,unknowingly, his tomb.

Eight centuries later, the legacy of Jacopo Tiepolo is still clearly visible in Venice — and so is his tomb. Venetian Stories Newsletter — venetianstories.com/venetian-sto...

Venetian Stories podcast. As a follow up on the Bianca Cappello story, an episode about the institutions of the Venetian Republic, which handled the affair, both the criminal aspects, as well as the diplomatic.

An ancient Venetian galleon, and a younger Venetian women.

Venetian Stories podcast. As a follow up on the Bianca Cappello story, an episode about the institutions of the Venetian Republic, which handled the affair, both the criminal aspects, as well as the diplomatic.

The story of Bianca Cappello, a Venetian noblewoman, who eloped as teenager, and became Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and Daughter of the Republic.

Kayaking in the Venetian lagoon — a unique way of the experiencing Venice and its natural surroundings. Including visit to the Lazzaretto Nuovo museum. New offering by History Walks Venice and Lazzaretto Nuovo.

The story of the young Venetian noblewoman, who eloped to Florence with her lover, to then become Grand Duchess of Tuscany.

Venetian Stories — how a Venetian girl eloped at 17 to become Grand Duchess of Tuscany. Not all lives run on rails. Bianca Cappello, part 1/2

On this day, May 12th, 1797, the Greater Council of the Republic of Venice voted to dissolve itself. Napoleon, with his army occupying the mainland part of the Venetian state, had issued an ultimatum to the Republic, which the Venetian aristocracy... https://historywalksvenice.com/?p=12197

I had my history walks in Venice on airbnb experience, and now they've replaced my handcrafted listing with AI slop. Just press "Publish" they write. I don't think I will. #airbnb #aislop #Venice #history