http://www.holidays-to-italy.com Italy vacations, accommodation in Italy, flights to Italy Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:40:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-pigeons/ http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-pigeons/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:57:47 +0000 admin http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-pigeons/ In Venice the pigeons do not allow you to forget them, even if one desired to forget a bird that is so intimately connected with the city and with a great ceremony of that ancient republic which has passed away. They belong so entirely to the place, and especially to the great square of St. [...]]]> http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/venice-pigeons/feed/ 0 http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/rialto-bridge/ http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/rialto-bridge/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:25:18 +0000 admin http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/rialto-bridge/ The Rialto, which is the most beautiful bridge in Venice, with a very grandiose and monumental air, bestrides the canal by a single span with a powerful and graceful curve. It was built in 1691, under the Dogeship of Pasquale Cigogna, by Antonio da Ponte, and replaced the ancient wooden drawbridge. Two rows of shops, [...]]]> http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/rialto-bridge/feed/ 0 http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/grand-canal-of-venice/ http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/grand-canal-of-venice/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:47:52 +0000 admin http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/grand-canal-of-venice/ The Grand Canal of Venice is one the most wonderful constructions in the world. No other city affords a spectacle so fine, so bizarre, so fairy-like. As remarkable bits of architecture, perhaps, can be found elsewhere, but nowhere located under such picturesque conditions. This is a stupendous mix of history of Venice + city of [...]]]> http://www.holidays-to-italy.com/venice/grand-canal-of-venice/feed/ 0