famous person
(Nederlands) De Fra Mauro-wereldkaart, Mappa Mundi-hoogtepunt
Laatste update op 18 November 2017Sorry, this entry is only available in Nederlands.
boats and water
Venice in a different way: rent a motorboat
Laatste update op 16 March 2025
If you want to experience Venice in an entirely different way, try a small motorboat. It is so easy: rent a boat (with or without your own boatsman) at Brussa is Boat en check out the city from the lagoon. If you are familiar with handling a motorboat, you can just steer it yourself. (more…)
typical venice
(Nederlands) Carnaval, geroemd Venetiaans product
Laatste update op 18 November 2017Sorry, this entry is only available in Nederlands.
famous person
Galileo Galilei, brilliant and experimental
Laatste update op 16 March 202515 February 1564 Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy (1564-1642). You probably know the town from the tilted tower. According to the Dutch Observatory (Volkssterrenwacht) Galileo was a brilliant theoreticus amongst other things as a skilled inventor, an experimental instrument builder and a meticulous Read more…
building
(Nederlands) Scala Contarini del Bovolo, slakkenhuistrap
Laatste update op 8 May 2020Sorry, this entry is only available in Nederlands.
typical venice
(Nederlands) IJs op de lagune! 1708/1709
Laatste update op 18 November 2017Sorry, this entry is only available in Nederlands.
saga, myth, legend
The story of the ghost of Fosco Loredan
Laatste update op 16 March 2025Some time ago I wrote about the lovely and perfect square’lovely and perfect square of Venice‘: Campiello del Remer. It is also the location of the famous Venetian story from 1598 about Fosco and his wife Elena. Consumed by jealousie De jelaous Fosco Loredan married Read more…
saga, myth, legend
The gigantic hands of Campanaro
Laatste update op 18 November 2017In the 18th century there was a giant man in Venice: the Venetian Campanaro. He was over 2 meters tall and he was one of the last bell-ringers in the city. When Enrico Filippo Trois (1838-1918), the curator of the natural history museum in Venice Read more…
famous person
(Nederlands) Het gesol met Caterina Cornaro
Laatste update op 5 August 2021Sorry, this entry is only available in Nederlands.
fun facts
(Nederlands) Lord Byron, de naaktzwemmende dichter
Laatste update op 18 November 2017Sorry, this entry is only available in Nederlands.