VENICE CULTURE

VENICE IS A CITY WITH A  GROUP OF 118 ISLANDS .  IT HAS MANY MOUTHS THAT ARE RIVERS.  THE CITY IS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE. 

VENICE IS THE CAPITAL OF THE 31,000 FOLKS LIVE ON OTHER ISLANDS.  THE ANCIENT VENETIANS PEOPLE LIVED HERE IN THE 10TH CENTURY B,C.  VENICE IS A MARITIME POWER PLACE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES.  THEIR ARTS ARE MANY AND PLAYED A BIG ROLE HERE. 

THERE WERE FISHERMEN ON THE ISLAND.  BY THE 12TH CENTURY  B.C.  THE NAVAL  FOLKS MADE THE ELIMINATION OF PIRATES ALONG  THE DALMATION COAST.

VENICE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTANTINOPLE AND GRANTED TRADING PRIVILEGES IN EASTERN ROME EMPIRE.  AT THE PEAK THEY WERE 3000 SHIPS AND 36,000 SAILORS.  THE VENETIAN GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WAS SIMILAR TO REPUBLICAN SYSTEM OF ANCIENT ROME.  THEIR GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WAS IN SOME WAYS GOOD.  THE CHURCH AND PRIVATE PROPERTIES WERE TIED TO THE MILITARY. SERVANTS.  MOST FOLKS WERE ORTHODOX  CATHOLICS. 

VENICE HAD A LONG DECLINE IN THE 15TH CENTURY WHEN IT MADE AN ATTEMPT TO TO DEFEND CONSTANTINOPLE AGAINST THE TURKS.  THEY HAD A PLAGUE THAT KILLED MANY PEOPLE.  BY 1797 NAPOLEON CONQUERED VENICE DURING THE FIRST COALITION.  NAPOLEON WAS A LIBERATOR OF THE CITY'S JEWISH POPULATION.  THEY WERE FREE TO LIVE ANYWHERE .  VENICE HAS OFTEN BEEN FLOODED BY FLOOD TIDES. IN AUTUMN AND EARLY SPRING.  THEY INVENTED A STAMP TAX TO TO HANDLE THIS.

VENICE'S ECONOMY CHANGED ALWAYS.  PORTUGAL TOOK OVER.  THERE WERE MANY BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES THROUGH TIME. BY THE 12TH CENTURY VENICE  DEVELOPED INTO A CITY/STATE, WITH THREE OTHER CITIES BEING INCLUDED.  THERE WERE GENOA, PISA, AND AMALFI.  THE REPUBLIC  OF VENICE SEIZED THE THE PLACES FOR COMMERCIAL USE.  THE SEIZURE OF CONSTANTINOPLE WAR CONTINUED AS A ON AND OFF AGAIN CONSTANT.  BY 1492 VENICE WAS THE PRINTING CAPITOL OF THE WORLD.  VENICE HAD A LONG DECLINE WHEN IT MADE AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO HOLD SOME PROPERTY.  WAR LASTED 30 YEARS.  IN THREE YEARS THE PLAGUE KILLED SOME 150,000 PEOPLE.  NAPOLEON CONQUERED VENICE IN 1797.  THE CITY BECAME AN ELEGANT AND REFINED CITY IN EUROPE.

THE CLIMATE HERE IS SUBTROPICAL WITH HUMID SUMMERS IN THE 80'S AND WINTERS IN THE 30'S.  THE THE MIDDLE AGES IT BECAME A CENTER FOR COMMERCE AND TRADE.  PILGRIMAGES TO THE HOLY LAND WERE OFFERED IN VENICE.  OTHER EXPORTS WERE GLASS, LACE, AND NAVAL GOODS.

VENICE IS IMPORTANT IN IT'S ABILITY TO HAVE GREAT SINGERS AND OPERAS.  THERE ARE NO RECORDS BUT PEOPLE THINK THE ORIGINAL FOLKS WERE REFUGEES FROM ROME.  THERE IS A COMPLEX OF INVASIONS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. 

THE PICAZZA SAN MARCO IS A GREAT SQUARE LIKE A DREAM FROM THE WATERS OF THE LAGOON.  THERE ARE PALACES  SURROUNDING IT AND MANY ARTISTS COME HERE TO DRAW AND PAINT,  AS WELL AS TOURISTS.  THEY BUILT MARBLE BRIDGES HERE.

THE UNIQUE CAFE FLORIAN IS A FAMOUS COFFEE HOUSE WHERE PEOPLE WEAR OLD TIME COSTUMNES.  ST MARKS SQUARE COULD TAKE DAYS TO EXPLORE THE SIGHTS, THE BELL AND CLOCK TOWER, THE BASILICA SAN MARCOS, AND THE CORRER MUSEUM.HEY HAVE MANY GONDOLA TOURS AND FOLKS SUGGEST A BACK CANAL VS. THE GRAND CANAL.

THE GRAND MUSEUM OF VENETIAN IN THE 14TH AND 18TH CENTURY HAS MASTERS INCLUDING THE FEAQST OF THE HOUSE OF LEVI.  THEY HAVE VARIOUS OPEN AND PRODUCT MARKETS AND FISH MARKETS.  THEY HAVE A JEWISH MUSEUM WITH ARCHIVES AND ARTIFACTS OF JEWS WHO LIVED HERE.  THERE HAVE TOURS OF THE HIGH RISE BUILDINGS TOO. 

THEIR GLASS OF MURANO ISLAND IS WORLD FAMOUS.  ONE CAN WATCH DEMOS OF GLASS BLOWING WITH CONVENIENCE. 

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