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πŸ“œ El GansΓ¨r was an old figure in Venice, today almost extinct.
Usually he was a retired Gondolier who could not ride anymore, but still stayed on the job. He was in charge of facilitating #Gondola park with a special stick ("Ganso").

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🎸Jazz Fusion guitarist extraordinaire #AlDiMeola at #CaffeFlorian in Venice, 2 months ago.
Born today, #22July 1954 πŸŽ‰
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πŸŽ₯ The list of films in competition for the 82nd edition of #VeniceFilmFestival has been revealed these days.
#VeniceEvents #Lido #BiennaleCinema
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https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2025/venezia-82-competition
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🌦I always believe that if I rely on weather forecast I will never go anywhere... there's nobody here anyway...πŸ˜‰πŸ€˜

Venice #Lagoon Secret Tours.
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🎸🎀 #MickJagger in Venice #Lido for #VeniceFilmFestival, September 2019.
Born today, #26July 1943 πŸŽ‰
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🎼 #28July 1741.

πŸ‘‰ Antonio Vivaldi
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🀘#Metallica in Venice, Summer 1988🀘

Happy Birthday to frontman #JamesHetfield, born today, #3August 1963 ❀️‍πŸ”₯
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πŸ€ In Venice the squares were called fields ("Campo")... look at the grass here (quickly grown in few days) and you can see why.
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🎸 #Miscreance from Venice. These guys keep the Technical Extreme Metal flame alive πŸ”₯🀘

πŸ‘‰ #TechnicalThrashMetal@albums_release_dates

πŸ‘‰ #TechnicalDeathMetal@albums_release_dates

#VeniceMusic
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πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ¨ #EmilioVedova, painter and engraver, born in Venice today, #9August 1919.

One of the most important artists in XX century #Italy!

In Venice you can find and visit his works in his former ateliers at Spazio Vedova and Magazzini Del Sale (where this photo was taken☝️) and at Peggy Guggenheim Museum, these places are close to each other in the #Dorsoduro district.
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πŸ“œ #12August 976.
#PietroOrseolo is elected as Doge of Venice.

πŸ‘‰ Bacino Orseolo is named after him, read the story
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πŸ“œπŸŒπŸ”­ What happened in Venice on #21August 1609 is a historical moment for humanity.

πŸ‘‰ Read here about Galileo's first telescope

#Galileo
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πŸ“œπŸ On #26August 1717 San Lazzaro Degli Armeni was founded on a small island in Venice #Lagoon.

πŸ‘‰ Read the story here
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