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When folding the sheet, we would suggest placing pressure with your fingers on the side to be folded, so that it might open up, but if you want to permanently remedy this problem, 1 2 it is enough to apply a very small amount of glue. VENICE THE CITY GUIDE Netplan srl via Torino 162 30172 Venezia Mestre ph. 39.041.5322900 fax 39.041.5322599 The venice city guide All set for a tour around the world’s most amazing city? Let us take you around Venice’s six sestieri: San Marco you’ll be surprised to discover the Pag7 secrets of the hidden city! Castello Pag13 Pag19 Pag39 Cannaregio Santa Croce Pag 27 San Polo Pag33 Dorsoduro Summary Netplan srl via Torino 162 30172 Venezia Mestre ph. 39.041.5322900 fax 39.041.5322599 3Pag The venice city guide The venice city guide Venice’s History Arriving Tips: it’s easy to get lost and There are three ways of arriving: tired walking around Venice. Try buying a travel card (different By car: along the road bridge connecting Venice with the mainland. solutions are available) and make You’ll find there are different places to park: if you first turn right the most of the public water buses to Tronchetto Island, there are large car parking facilities. This is (vaporetti) to get around. The water also where the Palafenice theater has been temporarily erected to buses offer an easy way to discover replace the Fenice, which was seriously damaged by fire in 1995. all the islands and the host of By going straight into Piazzale Roma, instead, there are several interesting treasures they withhold! parking facilities with different prices, so it’s worth asking first about rates. From both parking areas you can easily reach the center by public water buses or taxi. By plane: From Marco Polo Airport and then either by road or water by public or private transport (land- or water bus or taxi) to Piazzale Roma or St. Mark’s. When was it that this group of inhabited islands in the lagoon became known as Venice? We have to go back as far as the second half of the By train:From the railway Station “Santa Lucia”, a large building at 6th century when the word first came into use, albeit in a somewhat the beginning of the Grand Canal in the sestiere of Cannaregio. uncertain way initially. Close to the train station is the Ponte degli Scalzi the third and last Between 568 and 569 the Lombards, led by Alboin, began their bridge crossing the Grand Canal. descent in Italy across the Friuli plain. For the first time since the invasions by Attila and the Huns, by the Vandals and Goths, it was a whole 'race' that moved (not only soldiers but also their wives, children and the elderly). Also their descent was very slow, not Getting around transitory like that of Attila. About 50 years later, in 639, they reached Boats in Venice: Because in the old times there were no stone Oderzo, meaning that the mainland population who sought a safe wharves and few wooden landing stages, all Venetian boats have refuge in the lagoons had to stay there for over two generations, flat bottoms as they are built to be dragged up onto the land with finally remaining on the various islands. These were not completed relative ease. The Venetian people are conditioned by their deserted, as some poor fishermen and salt farmers lived here. The two surrounding elements and they row in a standing position, looking different populations started then to merge, by fighting together forward as one does when walking – and not under anyone’s orders. against nature to obtain what they needed to live: land, food and It is the daily life of Venice that has shaped her boats. The city was water. The origin of Venice as the city we know today can be built with the aid of boats, by boat one used to come to or leave summarized in a word: “Dogado” which indicates a very narrow, partly the city. Until a few years ago the gondola was the only example of sandy and partly marshy, area between Grado and Cavarzere. In the Venetian boat tradition and become an obvious symbol of the 13th century the Stato da Mar was added to the initial Dogado. tourists Venice, but it is the end result of a precise and complex Literary translated, it means “Maritime Empire”, i.e. the Venetian technology. The process of boat building used in the Venetians possessions in the sea, along the Adriatic coast and the Aegean sea. To squeri (boat building yards) is the outcome of a very ancient mention merely the most important ones: Crete (Candia), Cyprus and tradition; no matter what the size of the boat, or even of the ship, Corfù. in the 15th century, during the successful expansion that began the basics steps were the same. in the first half of the 15 century by Doge Francesco Foscari, the Stato da terra (or “Mainland State”) was added to the initial Dogado and High water: very often during the fall, especially in October and Stato da Mar. This “state” comprised the Venetian possessions on the November, it happens that the tide rises and the water overflows mainland and spread from near Udine to the east as far as Bergamo to the canal banks flooding the city, its houses, churches and shops. the west, covering the area of the present-day regions of Veneto, Netplan srl This causes a lot of damage to businesses, tourism and residents Netplan srl via Torino 162 via Torino 162 Friuli and part of Lombardy. The cities of Treviso, Udine, Bergamo, 30172 Venezia Mestre alike. One can only wait for the water level to gradually fall so, like 30172 Venezia Mestre Brescia bear the symbol of Venice - the winged Lion - in their main ph. 39.041.5322900 the Venetians, please try to take it as a unique experience, wear a ph. 39.041.5322900 squares to this day. Many years before the fall of Costantinople in 1453 fax 39.041.5322599 pair of rain boots and walk slowly in our unique way - please don't fax 39.041.5322599 Venice foresaw the loss of commerce with the Eastern Empires and splash along! decided to invest much more on its mainland territories, thus beginning the “civiltà delle ville”. 4Pag 5Pag The venice city guide The venice city guide Traffic & Streets San Marco Venice is a very special city in which everything is done on foot or There are different kinds of Let us suggest: after the visit by boat; we have boats for taxis, ambulances, for the fire streets which have different of St. Mark’s square you are department and for all other types of transport. Many Venetians names according to where and how very close to the Salute, which is a great point to start the visit of the own a small boat to get around in during summer or for carrying they are; the more frequent you’ll find are: Dorsoduro district. If you heavy goods. Usually, though, we travel by public craft. There are Calle: the typical pedestrian streets take this opportunity, take the many different waterbus lines and a host stops around Venice. It’s that can be streta (narrow), larga waterbus No. 1 from S. Marco and get very easy to cross the Grand Canal seeing palaces from both sides. (wide) or longa (long); off after one stop at Salute and in Another interesting way to cross the Grand Canal - and take a Campo: literally “field”, after the front of you appears in all its majesty cheap gondola ride at the same time - is the traghetto, a gondola original feature, they are today paved the Salute Church. For a wonderful shuttle bus service that ferries you across for less than the price squares, sometimes with a church; sightseeing of the lagoon and of St. Mark’s Square turn left and keep going of a cup of coffee, in six different places: Santa Maria del Giglio/La the only “square” or “piazza” is St. Mark’s; until the fondamenta ends. Here Salute; from Ca' Rezzonico to Palazzo Grassi; from Riva del Vin to Campiello: a small campo. you’ll find both the Punta della the City Hall; from Rialto Market to Strada Nova; from San Marcuola Fondamenta: street along a canal; Dogana della Serenissima (Custom’s to Fontego dei Turchi; from the railway station to San Simeone e Salizada: the biggest street and the Point) and a breath taking view with Giuda. With the traghetto you can enjoy the unique way of first that have been paved; the Piazza on your left, San Giorgio traveling in Venice - and begin to feel almost Venetian! Piscina (pool): as the name means it Island in front of you and the was once a pond; Giudecca on your right, from where Ruga: variation on the French word you can realise why this city is called Streets Names “rue” it was a busy street between the Queen of the Sea.