Venetian Cioccolata calda (recipe)
Cioccolata calda, is the Venetian winter drink par excellence. It’s been being served all over the city since the early 1600s. Find out how to make it yourself.
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Venetian word of the day: Ciò
Ciò is one of the most famous words in Venetian. In standard Italian the word ciò is a kind of relative pronoun, meaning. But in Venetian, the meaning is very different. You hear it everywhere, and it’s often overused by zealous movie scriptwriters wanting to make their characters sound Venetian (such as in the wonderful film Pane e Tulipani where most of the Venetian heard is spoken by an actress from Turin).
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Great Venetians: Marin Sanudo
Marin Sanudo was a Venetian nobleman, born in 1466, who became a sort of Venetian Samuel Pepys; or should we say, as he was born earlier, that Samuel Pepys was a sort of English Marin Sanudo? Read all about him here.
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Venetian maxims: Chi no ga testa ga gambe
Venetians are famous in the rest of Italy for their maxims which often give a flavour of what it’s like to live in the city. Discover what this maxim tells you about living in the city and particularly about the bridges and stairs which are a feature of every Venetian’s day.
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Acqua Alta: a photo essay
What is acqua alta? Acqua alta, literally high water, is the typically understated way in which Venetians refer to the periodic flooding of the city during periods of so-called spring tides. It’s caused primarily due to the natural geography of the Venetian lagoon. The lagoon closed off from the open sea by a series of
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Venetian word of the day: piovada
Venice is a city built in the water and so, as you would expect, in winter it rains. A lot. The two things every Venetian needs in winter are a pair of stivali di gomma (wellington boots) and an ombrello (and umbrella). Piovada is the Venetian word for a heavy rain shower, such as you
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