According to a February 6 article in La Nuova Venezia, the City and Port Both ensure that nothing has been decided on the speculative news of the transfer of the Tronchetto wholesale fish market to Fusina and the effect it might have on the historic fish market at the Rialto Pescheria.
Moving the wholesale market to Fusina would certainly make transport to the Rialto pescheria impractical and cost prohibitive. Could the inconceivable really happen? Sign the petition to register your opinion.
The news arrived first the via a message from l’Associazione Olivolo (established to protect Venetian tradition), and seemed nothing short of a miracle: they found it. They found the head of our dear Sior Rioba. The missing marble mass (along with its good-luck iron nose) was discovered this morning in the Sotoportego di Calle de…
Crossing Campo dei Mori yesterday, on the way home from a magnificent row through the barene north of Burano followed by an abundant fish frittura hosted by the Voga e Para rowing club, I was stopped in my tracks when I glanced up at the familiar Moro merchant with the iron nose eternally perched on…
Now is the perfect time to discover the Fortuny: until July 18th, it’s hosting three exhibits that are not only intriguing in their own right, but are also highly complementary each other.
A Documentary Project of LivingVenice.org.
Preview Grit and Grazia, the feature-length documentary on the voga alla veneta, the unique rowing style that has propelled Venice through the centuries from its inception right to the present day and the women who are fighting to keep it a part of Venetian daily life.
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On a sunny day, watch schools of fish bob by the underwater webcam of the CNR sea tower in the high Adriatic.