seindal , 7 months ago

@info A while ago I wrote about the Insta-famous blue door in Venice, and this is where I found the first clues.

The "Curiosità Veneziane" by Giuseppe Tassini is a treasure trove of information about Venice before the 1900s. The first editions, from 1863 and 1872, are digitised and online.

The Italian is a bit archaic but perfectly understandable.

I've put the entire fourth edition online here, searchable and geo-tagged:
https://curiosita.historywalksvenice.com/

@histodons @venice #Venice #Venezia

seindal , 7 months ago

@info @histodons @venice I've translated the occasional entry here:
https://historywalksvenice.com/article/curiosita-veneziane/