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📜👨🏫30 October 1931. Giancarlo Ligabue (1931-2015), an Italian paleontologist, scholar and businessman was born in Venice.
He graduated in Economics at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and in Geology at la Sorbonne of #Paris. He participated and directed over 130 expeditions around the world and he made several paleontological discoveries, such as the Ligabueino, a dinosaur🦖 named after him, and unearthed deposits of hominid and dinosaurs fossils in the Ténéré desert. He collaborated with Italian legendary anchorman #PieroAngela 🙏🏻 to several science documentaries.
#GiancarloLigabue was president of the Natural History Museum of Venice, still today a hidden gem to visit in a stunning palace on the #GrandCanal☝️📸
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He graduated in Economics at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and in Geology at la Sorbonne of #Paris. He participated and directed over 130 expeditions around the world and he made several paleontological discoveries, such as the Ligabueino, a dinosaur🦖 named after him, and unearthed deposits of hominid and dinosaurs fossils in the Ténéré desert. He collaborated with Italian legendary anchorman #PieroAngela 🙏🏻 to several science documentaries.
#GiancarloLigabue was president of the Natural History Museum of Venice, still today a hidden gem to visit in a stunning palace on the #GrandCanal☝️📸
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📜💰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 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
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📜 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.
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.
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👨🎨1 November 1757
Antonio Canova was born in Possagno (today in #Treviso province, at the time Republic Of Venice).
#Canova is considered the greatest Neoclassical artist, his marble sculptures are the most breathtaking symbols of perfection!
His most famous masterpieces are Amore e Psiche ("Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss") held at Louvre Museum in Paris and Le Tre Grazie ("The Three Graces") held at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Here in Venice we can admire #AntonioCanova sculptures at Correr Museum in #SanMarco Square, but I strongly recommend to visit his Home Museum and Temple in his birthplace #Possagno: absolute magic! #1November
Canova passed away in Venice 200 years ago on 13 October 1822.
His body lies in his Temple in Possagno while his heart... 👉 read more here
Antonio Canova was born in Possagno (today in #Treviso province, at the time Republic Of Venice).
#Canova is considered the greatest Neoclassical artist, his marble sculptures are the most breathtaking symbols of perfection!
His most famous masterpieces are Amore e Psiche ("Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss") held at Louvre Museum in Paris and Le Tre Grazie ("The Three Graces") held at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Here in Venice we can admire #AntonioCanova sculptures at Correr Museum in #SanMarco Square, but I strongly recommend to visit his Home Museum and Temple in his birthplace #Possagno: absolute magic! #1November
Canova passed away in Venice 200 years ago on 13 October 1822.
His body lies in his Temple in Possagno while his heart... 👉 read more here
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🎥7 November 1997. Venice in Movie Series.
The Wings of the Dove, a British-American romantic and intriguing drama film is released.
Directed by Iain Softley it stars Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, and Alison Elliott.
Part of the movie is filmed in Venice and in particular inside Palazzo Barbaro, a palace on the #GrandCanal where in 1902 writer Henry James 📝 wrote the novel "The Wings of the Dove" on which the film is based.
Here's the Trailer👇
#VeniceMovies #7November
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyymh5Wil7o
The Wings of the Dove, a British-American romantic and intriguing drama film is released.
Directed by Iain Softley it stars Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, and Alison Elliott.
Part of the movie is filmed in Venice and in particular inside Palazzo Barbaro, a palace on the #GrandCanal where in 1902 writer Henry James 📝 wrote the novel "The Wings of the Dove" on which the film is based.
Here's the Trailer👇
#VeniceMovies #7November
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyymh5Wil7o
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Helena Bonham Carter-The Wings Of The Dove Trailer
This movie is amazing!!!
Helena shows her amazing talent in this wonderfull movie, for her role was nominated to best actress/support actress academy awards and plus she won another awards.
Helena shows her amazing talent in this wonderfull movie, for her role was nominated to best actress/support actress academy awards and plus she won another awards.
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📜Venice Celebrations Series. #11November, San Martino.
According to the Catholic calendar today is San Martino of Tours, a Medieval knight who became Saint after donating his coat to a poor freezing man: it was November and miraculously it stopped raining and the sun shone ☀️. That's why they call it St. Martin's Summer (it's like the Indian Summer) and usually these days of November are sunny and warm 🌞
In Venice, #SanMartino day is celebrated with the traditional chocolate sweet which lies on every Venetian table☝️😋 and with children running around town, beating their pots, chanting an ancient San Martino rhyme and asking for sweets in the shops... similar to #Halloween, less scary and with deeper roots!
📸☝️In the pictures the Medieval San Martino Church in Venice #Castello (probably founded by Longobards from Ravenna town, that's why a French Saint became so popular here!) and San Martino's engraving on its façade, reproduced in the local sweet!
#VeniceHistory #VeniceEvents #VeniceFood #WalkingTour
According to the Catholic calendar today is San Martino of Tours, a Medieval knight who became Saint after donating his coat to a poor freezing man: it was November and miraculously it stopped raining and the sun shone ☀️. That's why they call it St. Martin's Summer (it's like the Indian Summer) and usually these days of November are sunny and warm 🌞
In Venice, #SanMartino day is celebrated with the traditional chocolate sweet which lies on every Venetian table☝️😋 and with children running around town, beating their pots, chanting an ancient San Martino rhyme and asking for sweets in the shops... similar to #Halloween, less scary and with deeper roots!
📸☝️In the pictures the Medieval San Martino Church in Venice #Castello (probably founded by Longobards from Ravenna town, that's why a French Saint became so popular here!) and San Martino's engraving on its façade, reproduced in the local sweet!
#VeniceHistory #VeniceEvents #VeniceFood #WalkingTour
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📜👨🔬11 November 1788. Pietro Paleòcapa, an Italian scientist, engineer and later politician was born in Nese, Alzano Lombardo (BG), at the time under Venice domination. His family was of Greek origins and they decided to emigrate and live in Venice territory.
In 1840 #Paleocapa became a general manager in Venice, and oversaw the works on the rivers Brenta, Bacchiglione, Adige, Tartaro-Canalbianco-Po di Levante, the drainage of several marshy areas near #Verona and the construction of a dam in #Malamocco, Venice.
He was a patriot and believed in #Italy unification, and he played an important role in the negotiation of the annexation of Venice to Piedmont kingdom.
The first monument statue📸☝️we all meet when entering Venice historical centre is dedicated to him: it was placed inside the Papadopoli Gardens, built and commissioned by the Papadopoli family in the XIX century, still today the first and largest green area🌳 we see in #SantaCroce district.
Do you remember this place?
#VeniceHistory #11November
In 1840 #Paleocapa became a general manager in Venice, and oversaw the works on the rivers Brenta, Bacchiglione, Adige, Tartaro-Canalbianco-Po di Levante, the drainage of several marshy areas near #Verona and the construction of a dam in #Malamocco, Venice.
He was a patriot and believed in #Italy unification, and he played an important role in the negotiation of the annexation of Venice to Piedmont kingdom.
The first monument statue📸☝️we all meet when entering Venice historical centre is dedicated to him: it was placed inside the Papadopoli Gardens, built and commissioned by the Papadopoli family in the XIX century, still today the first and largest green area🌳 we see in #SantaCroce district.
Do you remember this place?
#VeniceHistory #11November