Venice, Italy 30th October 2018 Set 2

 The following post features images taken whilst in Venice, Italy on the 30th October 2018, the images are of various 1 shot locations around the city and I felt their wouldn't be enough about them to do a full post on each place pictured. I spilt the images into 2 post's with the first set released earlier this year featuring 16 images and this set below featuring 20 pictures.

I have tried where possible to give a location as to where the picture is, I used Google Maps to try and help me find each location so hopefully I got them right.

The pictures were taken using a Nikon d3300 camera. Clicking any image should open a link in another window to to the higher resolution, un-watermarked version on Clickasnap.

Ponte di Canonoica.

The Bridge of Sighs from the Ponte di Canonica, the canal is the Rio del Palazzo.

Calle Larga L'Ascension, I took this just off San Marco Square looking towards the waterfront.

Rio Orseolo del Coval and the Hotel Cavalletto.

Calle Tron.

Bell Tower of Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli.

Ponte de San Paternian over the Rio di San Luca Canal.

This doorway and mural were in the same entrance hall area, I think they were taken either in the Accademia Bridge or San Marco Square areas of Venice.

Grand Canal Gondola Mooring at Calle della Carita.

Ponte de le Maravegie, the bell tower is the Campo San Trovaso

Cannaregio Canal.

Leonardo da Vinci Museum.

Rio del Palazzo Canal looking towards the Bridge of Sighs, the bridge between is the Ponte de Canonica.

Another of the Rio del Palazzo Canal, taken from the same bridge as above in the opposite direction.

Church of San Zaccaria.

Ponte de la Pieta on the San Marco sea front. The grey building is the Church of the Pieta.

Calle Tron at night.

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The Rialto Bridge at Night.

The Rialto Bridge is the oldest crossing of the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. One of 4 crossing points the bridge connects the districts of San Marco and San Polo. The current bridge made of stone began construction in 1588 and was completed in 1591, it is the last of several to have occupied this area of Venice and was built by Antonio da Ponte following a competition to design a new bridge.

The bridge is a major tourist attraction reachers a length of 31.8 metres (104.3ft), a height of 7.32 metres (24ft) and a width of 22.9 metres (75.1ft). There are 2 arcades of shops across the bridge separated by a central pathway of steps with another 2 paths to the rear of each row of shops. To support the bridge arch over 6000 timber piles were driven in to the soft embankments under each abutment.

The first bridge to cross the Grand Canal here was was the Ponte della Moneta, built as a pontoon bridge with ships fastened together and designed by Nicola Barattieri in 1181. This bridge was replaced in 1255 by a wooden construction because the nearby Realto market had grown considerably, this bridge had a movable platform in the middle to allow ships to pass.  This bridge was the first to include shops who's taxes and rents helped with paying for the maintenance, it was during this time the bridge name was changed to Realto after the nearby market. 

In 1310 the bridge was badly damaged by fire during the attempt to overthrow the Doge by Bajamonte Tiepolo and in 1444 it collapsed during the wedding celebration of the Marquis Ferrara. This led to the bridge being rebuilt as a drawbridge but once again in 1524 the bridge collapsed. In 1551 the authorities invited the most famous architects of the era to offer their ideas for a bridge, and in 1588 work started on the current bridge which was approved due to the design being of a single span arch. Many people doubted the bridge would last but so far it has stood for over 400 years and counting.

These pictures were taken on the 1st November 2018 using a Nikon d330 SLR camera, they can also be on Clickasnap by clicking any image, link will open in another window.

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A Trip to Venice, and St Marks Square Flooding.

A Trip to Venice is a new video uploaded to YouTube I have done featuring various scenes taken around the Italian city whilst I was there for a few days at the end of October start of November 2018. The video is approx. 2 1/2 minutes long and features scenes from a boat trip along the Grand Canal, scenes around the ST Marks area of Venice and various other short clips of the canals and buildings of Venice.



St Marks Square Flooding is a 1min 50sec video of various scenes filmed around St Marks on random days and times during my stay. In 2018 whilst I was there Venice was suffering it's worst flooding since 1968 the hotel staff had informed me. On the day I arrived I had to wade through waist high water across St Marks Square to reach my hotel and every day the area was flooded to a certain degree. In recent news the reports have been saying that Venice has suffered worse flooding this year than when I was there, I feel desperately sad for the people and can only hope the plan flood defences are finally built that have been promised. The people were fantastic and just accepted the flooding as part of there everyday life.


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