Sunday, March 25, 2012

1861-2011: Un' Isola Un' Arte Un Museo in Venice

Opening to the public: from December 10th 2011 to April 30th 2012
Opening hours: every day from 10 am to 5 pm (ticket office 10 am – 4.30 pm); from April 1st, every day from 10 am to 6 pm (ticket office 10 am – 5.30 pm).
Where:
Glass Museum
In 1861, thanks to the great work of Antonio Colleoni (1811-1855), then mayor of Murano, and the abbot Vincenzo Zanetti (1824-1883), scholar of glass art – that succeeded in getting aproved by the Municipal Deputation a project to establish an archive to collect all the evidence of history and life of the island – the Glass Museum was founded, located in the ancient Palazzo dei Vescovi in Torcello, Murano.
This important event is now being recalled – exactly 150 years later – with a major exhibition that traces the last century and a half of history, through a succession of nearly 200 works, including the most representative of the Museum’s collection, illustrative of the uniqueness of execution and the value of its creators. Together with these, works of the Biennial, unpublished creations of master glass-makers and factories, as well as new gifts that enrich the chapter of 20th century museum.


The most beautiful works realized in 150 years by: Ars Cenedese, Ballarin Giuliano e Roberto, Barbini Alfredo, Bubacco Lucio, CAM – Pino Signorotto, Caramea, Cenedese Giovanni e Simone, Cenedese Paolo, Dalla Valentina Adriano, De Carlo Giacomo, Elite Murano, Eraldo Mauro, Ferrro Lazzaroni, Fondazione di Venezia, Fratelli Toso, Galliano Ferro, Moretti Carlo e Giovanni, Moretti Vincenzo, Panizzi Eugenio, Progetto Vetrodausare, Ragazzi & C., Rosin Loredano e Dino, Rubino Silvano, Salvadore Davide, Salvadori Diego, Seguso Giampaolo, Seguso Vetri d’arte, Seguso Viro, Studio Salvadore, Tagliapietra Lino, Toso Borella Marco, Toso Fei Giuseppe, P. Paolo, Mattia e Renzo, Zecchin Francesco.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

ON THE VENETIAN BOATS – The Gondola

The Gondola The Venetian boat par excellence, whose origin remains a mystery in spite of extensive research into the subject. Once, gondolas were extravagantly decorated by their wealthy and titled owners, whose fondness for ostentation was curbed by a sumptuary edict dictating that henceforth they should all be painted black. The rules for construction are extremely strict: the right side must be 24 millimetres narrower than the left (this assymetry is know as lai); the boat must measure 10.75 metres in length and have an internal breadth of 1.38 metres. The gondola is used exclusively for ferrying persons and for boat races. Eight different types of wood are used in its construction and it is made up of over 280 different parts. The only parts in metal are the characteristic "ferro" of the prow and the "risso" of the stern. The "ferro" characterises the gondola's prow and guarantees the boat's longitudinal stability, acting as a counterbalance to the gondolier's weight. Popular tradition has it that the anterior "pettini" represent the six neighbourhoods of the city and the posterior one represents the island of Giudecca; the double "S" curve is the Grand Canal and the lunette, positioned under a stylised doge's cap, is Rialto Bridge.

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

8 March 2012 Woman’s Feast

This year 2012, the women’s festival is on Thursday.To the women booking, the Honey House offers its rooms with a discount from 40% (if for only one night) to 50 % (if for more nights)To take advantage of the facilities you must contact us with referring to this specific Last minute news.


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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Venetian curiosity – the narrowest way is 53 cm!

The narrowest “calle” (so in Venetian language the pedestrian ways) in Venice is only 53 centimetres wide, in the Cannaregio sestiere, near Fondamente Nove – Campiello del Pestrin.
Among the other holdest calli there is also the Calle Stretta in Santa Croce sestiere, in the cross between Campiello Albrizzi and Sottoportico della Furatola (65 cm).
Again there is Calle di Ca’ Zusto, near Riva Biasio with 68 cm

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