I took the train from Milan with destination “city of romance, love supreme and the cruelest betrayal in love’’. I wanted very much to get there. And it was the perfect period to do this trip and to throw myself in front of a mystery, to float freely, to let myself spoiled with the new beauties of Italy.
About Venice are more aware and more, many unknown. More about this city cannot play in words. You have to get there: to feel, to see and to live. This mystical place continues to fascinate generations of tourists, lured by fame and history of the city that floats on water. The first thing that jumps into your eye, once in Venice, is the architecture of the buildings, which bear the imprint of time with nobility. Venetian architecture is a subject that knows no boundaries, that always brings new words of praise, striking us the way it manages to keep in time.
The charm of this town comes largely from strange appearance, which in turn is due to the unusual settlement: the 118 islands separated by 177 canals in a lagoon of Adriatic Sea. The houses are built on wooden pillars – brought from the mainland – introduced into water and passed through a layer of silt and sand until they come to rest on the layer deeper and more resistant, clay, and soil lagoon. Under water, in the absence of oxygen, wood does not rot and undergoing constant water full of mineral deposits, with time, petrify. Most of these columns, which are under water for centuries, are still intact.
About the origins of Venice I found several variants. One would be that at the beginning, before the Christian era, here lived small populations of anglers, but according to historians, the city was built by Roman citizens, during the middle ages and the Renaissance, Meaning the II -nd century until the sixth century.
In the 6th century, the Byzantine Emperor Justinian reigns, the current territory of Venice came under Byzantine Dominion, and the influence due to this lengthy and principalities is visible in the city’s architecture. Then the great Venetian families began to build sumptuous palaces, magnificent buildings which adorn the city. Many of these palaces have at least two facades that can be admired both from the sea and on land. Public spaces were also lavishly decorated with statues, paintings, mosaics which often specialists in art history discern Byzantine influence.
Legends of Venice and admiring …
For many people, Venice is synonymous with romance, as indicated, in movies and books. City legends brought fame to the city of love; so many couples choose it as a destination.
Venice is not tired and never sleeps. The number of tourists in search of romance grow in February, close to the Festival international Valentine’s day, but also because it all takes place in February and the world famous Carnival.
Venice streets are a maze and if you find out you have to read continuously building walls, where there are signs. These streets come to life thanks to trendy shops and restaurants that sit crammed and lure you all those narrow and dark, leading to Piazza San Marco.
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