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Bridges: The Construction of the Fourth Bridge
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  • Written by rich77 on Mar 3, 2004
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  • The construction of Calatrava
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  • Favorite Thing: Probably you don't know that in Venice they are building a new bridge on Grand Canal, which name will be "Ponte Calatrava" ( Calatrava's Bridge).

    The new bridge will connect Piazzale Roma, the city when you leave your car, with the opposite side near the railway station.
    The name "Calatrava" is about the owner of the project.

    Actually if you go to Piazzale Roma, you can look how the costruction goes on...



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    Bridges: Strange position for the 4th Bridge
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  • Written by rich77 on Mar 3, 2004
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  • Two bridges so near?! Do you really
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  • Favorite Thing: In my opinion the construction of Calatrava's Bridge is not so useful. The fourth Bridge is placed not far from Scalzi's Bridge, the Grand Canal is long about 3,8 km and I think other zones needed a bridge more than Piazzale Roma... btw, the bridge has a style which - imho - doesn't combine a lot with Venice... If you want to see how Venice will be with the fourth point, just Click here!


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    Gondolas: The Gondola
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  • Written by rich77 on Mar 3, 2004
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  • Favorite Thing: One of the symbols of Venice... It's appraised that during the XIV century there were in Venice about 10000 gondolas, with lot of colours. After an order by law (1562), all gondolas became black. They have standard measures and the construction is not easy: they are long 11 metres and width 1.75 mt.

    Fondest Memory: By the popular tradition, the tooths are 6 like the sestrieres.

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    General Tips: Look the Altana!
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  • Written by rich77 on Mar 7, 2004
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  • Venice - An Altana near Fondamenta Nuove, March 2004
  • An Altana near Fondamenta Nuove,
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  • Favorite Thing: Another thing for which Venice is famous is the "altana" (Venetian roof-terrace). If you raise up the eyes to the roofs, you often see them... an altana is a terrace with a design similar to a pilework... in summer venetian people here take the sun or - if the altana is quite big - also eat :)


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    General Tips: Another Altana
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  • Favorite Thing: Another pic about a beautiful altana.


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    Comments for rich77 about Venice
    RoscoeGregg Mon Sep 21, 2009 02:21 UTC
     rich, Your photo travel log, SWEEEET Man
    ANGELA3835 Fri Jul 13, 2007 14:28 UTC
     Thank you so much for the wonderful pics of snow in Venice. It's as beautiful as I've always imagined. I also loved the reflections pics. You're a talented little fellow.
    sharon0621 Wed Jul 4, 2007 19:06 UTC
     Thank you so much for posting your tips..very very helpful ciao sharon
    Rubik Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:09 UTC
     Like your observations, you really know Venice very well!
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