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Ball games in Venice

The Venetians of yore — like many other European people — played ball games for fun and sports.

Some of these ball games were almost, but not quite, unlike some modern sports, even if not excessively. Others are by now long gone and forgotten.

Sports in the part were for the more affluent. In Venice, that meant the citizen and noble classes, that is, those who didn't have physically hard work, and who had leisure time available for play.

#Games #Sports #Venezia #Venice

Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/daily-life-and-customs/ball-games-in-venice/

Now Live on Substack: Cities Reveal More When You See Like a Photographer

We walk past stories every day without noticing them.
This post will change the way you look at streets, light, and people – in Venice or anywhere in the world.

📖 Read it now while most of it’s still free: marcosecchi.substack.com/p/cit

Through the Lens 📷 · Cities Reveal More When You See Like a Photographer – Travel Photography TipsBy Marco Secchi

Soft, silent, serene -- guiding his lone boat through a quiet canal in Venice, a gondolier and his passenger travel through the timeless and historical waters of Venice, Italy.

A hint of mist embraces both buildings and bridges, adding a touch of magic to an already magical place.

Gondola Dreaming art print -- 2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/f

#art#artwork#mastoart

"A #Jewish couple has reportedly been attacked in #Venice by three men calling the husband a “dirty #Jew,” according to #Italian media.

The Venice newspaper Il Gazzettino reports that the man and the woman, #American tourists in the Italian city for a brief vacation, belong to the #Chabad-Lubavitch #Hasidic group and were therefore very recognizable as Jewish, with the man sporting a kippa and a long beard. The woman is five months pregnant."

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