Venice
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| Venice mystery... |
I wanted to visit Venice on this trip, and had the chance yesterday. It is such a beautiful city, very mysterious and complex, yet there is always a way out of the maze of canals, bridges, sidewalks and alleys. Yesterday was Ferragusto, possibly the busiest day of the year in any Italian resort or tourist town, and Venice was jam packed with tourists. The remedy is to wander, not worrying about your destination, but to always wander away from the hordes, until finally you find quiet, elegant, though worn... Venice.
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| The Grand Canal from the stazione |
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| A small ristorante |
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| A "street" in Venice |
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| San Marco |
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The clock at San Marco tells time, the position of the moon,
and the current sign of the zodiac. |
According to Wikipedia: Today the clock displays the original I to XXIIII numbering around the outside, with I at the right hand side. The gilded stars are purely decorative. The signs of the zodiac are in anticlockwise order around the inner zodiac dial: the zodiac wheel rotates clockwise with the hour hand but very slightly faster. As a result the hour hand moves slowly anticlockwise relative to the zodiac, so that it passes through each sign in the course of the year.
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