Lord Byron called Venice (Venezia) "a fairy city of the heart." La Serenissima‚ "The Most Serene‚" is an improbable cityscape of stone palaces that seem to float on water‚ a place where cats nap on Oriental marble windowsills set in colorful plaster walls. Candy-striped pylons stand sentry outside the tiny stone docks of palazzi whose front steps descend into the gently lapping waters of the canals that lace the city. In Venice‚ cars are banned -- every form of transportation floats‚ from water
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whereas Venice stayed with the same manufacturing style and could not afford to cut their costs. Part of the decline in the economy was there was also a drop in productivity because of the aging factor of the labour force after 1650 and faulty government policies. Venice had run out of lumber for building ships and was forced to buy foreign ships. Venice’s hold on international trading was no longer as prevalent as it used to be because of the increase in production from other countries. Venice also
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Settlement at Rivo Alto (Modern Venice) 1000: Dalmatia captured; empire begins 1204: Constantanople captured by Venice and 4 th crusaders 1255: War with Genoa 1509: Decisivly defeated at Agnadello by League of Cambrai 1797: Venice surrenders soverignty ending 1‚070 years of Republican government Venetian Language “Na ƚengua soƚa no ƚa xé mai bastansa” One language is never enough “El me barchin el/’l xe pien de bisati” My hovercraft is full of eels People in Venice speak Venetian‚ which is
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com/en/tours/italy/milan.htm#tourlandingposition http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187870-d1088051-Reviews-All_Arco-Venice_Veneto.html ----------------------- JUNE 2nd‚ 2013 Breakfast at 8:00 am in the Plaza Hotel Venice A charter bus will show up at 10 am for a sightseeing tour of City Sightseeing Milan. 1 pm guests will be dropped off at Tuscookany cooking schools in Italy to prepare a meal fit for a king but they will be the only ones eating.
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THE FOURTH CRUSADE The Crusades in the middle ages helped define religious and political life during this era. Life in the middle ages revolved around what was happening with the Pope and his anticipations for the next Crusade. The focuses of the crusades were ideally to unite the churches to bring back Christian leadership and control in the Holy Land‚ that is‚ Jerusalem. One of the most impacting crusades is known as the fourth Crusade when Innocent III was pope. The fourth crusade became
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provide further background information in support of my application for the bachelor’s program in business administration-economics and management taught in English language starting in the academic year 2013/14 at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice in Italy. I studied higher secondary degree in business studies from board of intermediate and secondary education‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh in the year 2008. I obtained CGPA 3.60 on a scale of 4.00.I strongly believe that my educational background‚ and
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Max‚ Hornet‚ Riccio‚ Mosca‚ Dottor Massimo‚ and other servants and animals. Summary: The Thief Lord is about two orphaned boys named Prosper and Bo running away from Hamburg‚ Germany to Venice‚ Italy. The boys have run away from their aunt who only wants to keep Bo. When they came into Venice‚ Hornet‚ a girl of a couple children took them in to their hideout in the closed Stella movie theater. There‚ the Thief Lord or Scipio gave them warm clothes and food to eat. Prosper is a year younger
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his best pieces is a series or violin concertos known as The Four Seasons. Antonio Vivaldi was born March 4th‚ 1678 in Venice. His parents were Giovanni Battista Vivaldi and Camilla Calicchia. Immediately after his birth he was baptised in his home by the mid-wife. It is believed that his baptism is a result of his poor health or an earthquake that took place in Venice that day. The day he was born‚ his mother dedicated his life to priesthood and two months later his official church baptism
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so many different things to see and experience‚ different foods to taste and smell‚ and new a language to envelop. One of the places my family and I visited was the remarkable city of Venice. Venice is like opening new shiny jewelry on a cold Christmas morning‚ fresh‚ shiny and beautiful. Upon arriving to Venice I took in the incredible view that before my eyes‚ a city on water. We began our journey passing café shops and smelling fresh brewed coffee to arrive to our first adventure‚ a ride on
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In the 1960’s‚ one of the biggest achievements was sending man to the moon. Now‚ 40 years later‚ the United States executive branch no longer cares about moon travel. I guess it is just old and cliché and has been done before. So now President Obama wants to hand over space travel to private companies who are just going to compete with NASA for contracts to send astronauts to the moon in their "space taxis". The rationale behind Obama cutting funding for the Constellation program‚ possibly the only
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