Another fantastic edition of the #VeniceMarathon this weekend.

#RunningVenice🤘🏃‍♂🏃‍♀

https://youtu.be/W6Np0qIRV6k

📜22 October 1866. Venice and the entire Veneto region are annexed to Italy (at the time Regno d'Italia, yes we had the king 👑😉).
Venice was under Austria since 1797 (see more #VeniceHistory 👉 here). After the many revolutionary episodes against foreign domination that took place all over the country during the 19th century, the Kingdom of Italy which unified most regions was born in 1861.
In 1866 #Italy declares war to #Austria in an attempt to militarily conquer Venice: despite the defeat or Italian troops, Austria gave Venice to #France which at the time politically supported the new born Kingdom of Italy. Venice was formally given to Italy on October 19, and soon after (21-22 October) a referendum was held for the Veneto population, which ended in a plebiscite with 674,426 votes in favor of the annexion and 69 against.
In the painting above☝️King Vittorio Emanuele II enters Venice with a parade on the #GrandCanal acclaimed by all citizens on 7 November 1866.
#22October

Many of you will remember this imposing statue☝️ here in Venice, in Riva degli Schiavoni, close to St. Mark. It's the Monument to the memory of King Vittorio Emanuele II and the victorious Venice erected in 1887.

🍹Spritz. To be honest there isn't much to remember about the decades of the Austrian domination in Venice: but #spritz (a German term in fact) originated in those years, because Austrian used to drink local wine diluted with sparkling water. The drink evolved and got popular in the following XX century thus becoming the typical Venetian drink with Aperol, Select or Campari... today an appreciated drink everywhere in the world, but in Venice it's always better (and cheaper) 😉

🎼 📜 Maybe the oldest popular song in Venice language, dating back in 1600 😳, re-discovered in the 1960s and adapted to choral chants... here's the first performance ever recorded in the 1970s by the Venetian Coro Marmolada, with the stunning solo voice of Gondolier Giovanni Manzato (aka in Venice as "Nane Barche Rote")... it gives me shivers every time 👏🔝
#CoroMarmolada #VeniceMusic #MusicHistory

https://youtu.be/KkRQTmImSjk

🎼 A more recent (2019) performance of Coro Marmolada at Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice.
The video that accompanies the choir tells what this traditional Venetian song is about: a lonely rower wandering around the Lagoon describes what he saw in his lifetime. ❤️
#CoroMarmolada #VeniceMusic
#VeniceVideo

https://youtu.be/c8EIJbqMKCg

🎥26 October 2009. Venice in Movie Series.
Assassin's Creed: Lineage is released. It is a series of three short films based on the Assassin's Creed II video game, which describes the history of Ezio Auditore and his family. Outdoor scenes are mostly filmed in #Florence and Venice. #VeniceMovies #FlorenceMovies #26October

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xkCPNECud8

🎼27 October 1981.
40 years ago Rondò Veneziano released their second and most succesful album: "La Serenissima".
The tunes contained in this album, in particular the titletrack, will remain forever associated with the international imagery of Venice ❤️🔝

Rondò Veneziano is an Italian chamber orchestra, mostly composed by female musicians, specialized in Baroque music, playing original instruments 🎻 and incorporating a rock-style rhythm section of synthesizer, bass and drums.
Most of their music has been composed by founder and leader Maestro Gian Piero Reverberi (arranger and producer for many Italian acts in the 1970s, among them #LeOrme), along with Laura Giordano.

#RondoVeneziano sold millions of copies worldwide and they still today perform wearing Baroque-era attire and coiffeures. Photos and Music in the Chat Room👇
#Serenissima #VeniceMusic #27October

🎥27 October 1999. Venice in Movie Series.
A Secret Affair a 1999 American made-for-television romantic drama is released. The movie is directed by Bobby Roth and stars Janine Turner. Mostly filmed in Venice, it is based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel of the same name.
#VeniceMovies #27October

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aixYqCnb1BI

📜💰30 October 1284.

The first gold Ducato was coined inside the Palazzo della Zecca in Venice #SanMarco by Doge Giovanni Dandolo (1280-1289).
This was the earliest Venetian currency and the value of 1 Ducato matched the value of 1 Fiorino, the currency of #Florence, at the time the most used in #Italy.
The engravings on the #Ducato represented Saint Mark handing the 👉 Flag of Venice to Giovanni Dandolo.

Ducato was later renamed as Zecchino after the Palazzo della Zecca, 👉 the palace you see on the right in this photo.
#Zecchino became for longtime the most used currency in commercial tradings in the Mediterranean area.

#VeniceHistory #30October

📜 The family of 👉 Doge Giovanni Dandolo was one of the richest in Venice.
Palazzo Dandolo☝️📸 near #SanMarco Square was named after the family, and today is home to the oldest and most famous Hotel in Venice: Hotel Danieli.