Professor Dave Explains
The History of “Il Carnevale” in Italia
The History of “Il Carnevale” in Italia
Next Animation Studio
Venice tests flood barrier system
Venice performed a test run of a flood barrier system designed to keep the Adriatic tides from overwhelming the city. The project, known as MOSE, has been underway since 2003 and is expected to be complete by 2014.
Curated Video
Italy, Venice - Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo
There are more than 250 churches in Venice, both consecrated and desecrated. Obviously, the sacred ones are first of all places of worship, but all together they make up a cultural, artistic and human heritage of inestimable value.
NASA
NASA | Return to Venus: Part II
Watch "Return to Venus - Part I" at:From Galileo and the Heliocentric model of the Solar System to James Hansen and climate research, observations of the planet Venus throughout history have given us the perspective we need to understand...
Espresso Media
Walls of Venice: The Complex Engineering of the Mobile Walls
Walls of Venice part 3/8: The video discusses the construction of the Venice flood barrier, one of the most complex civil engineering projects in Italy. The barrier, consisting of floating steel walls, aims to protect the city from...
Curated Video
Italy, Venice - Torcello Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a basilica church on the island of Torcello, Venice, northern Italy. It is a notable example of Venetian-Byzantine architecture, one of the most ancient...
Amor Sciendi
Horses of St. Mark's square? or more complicated?
The Horses of St. Mark's Square in Venice have an interesting history. They have been moved around the world and have witnessed some of its great, and terrifying moments.
Jabzy
Venetian-Genoese Wars - 3 Minute History
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Venetian-Genoese Wars
Curated Video
Italy, Venice - Basilica Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
There are more than 250 churches in Venice, both consecrated and desecrated. Obviously, the sacred ones are first of all places of worship, but all together they make up a cultural, artistic and human heritage of inestimable value.
Curated Video
Italy, Venice - Cathedrals churches and monasteries
There are more than 250 churches in Venice, both consecrated and desecrated. Obviously, the sacred ones are first of all places of worship, but all together they make up a cultural, artistic and human heritage of inestimable value.
Jabzy
First Italian Unification War - 3 Minute History
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the First Italian Unification War
Next Animation Studio
Venice is sinking and tilting: New study
Scientists have known for decades that Venice is slowly sinking because of centuries of building and groundwater extraction. Authorities banned groundwater pumping to prevent further subsidence, but a new study shows that natural...
Curated Video
Hurricane Milton could double in size as it barrels toward Florida
Hurricane Milton, a powerful Category 4 storm, is forecast to double in size as it barrels toward Florida. The storm’s trajectory also made a dramatic shift overnight as it moved slightly south. (Scripps News)
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Venetian court atmosphere for ten unseen Tiepolo´s
Madrid, 31 Jan (EFE).- Ten oil paintings never seen previously by Venetian artist Giandomenico Tiepolo (1727-1804), will be shown during a month at the Juan March Foundation in Madrid, at a room that recreates the court atmosphere on the...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Oil skimmers brought in from the Gulf of Mexico because of rough
CLEAN: Oil skimmers brought in from the Gulf of Mexico because of rough
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INTERVIEW: Goldie Hawn on being in Venice, The Hawn Foundation and it's work at de Grisogono Party: 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2011 in Antibes, France.
INTERVIEW: Goldie Hawn on being in Venice, The Hawn Foundation and it's work at de Grisogono Party: 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2011 in Antibes, France.
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INTERVIEW: Al Pacino talks about what it means to be nominated and celebrating the Tonys
INTERVIEW: Al Pacino, Nominated Best Actor in Lead role in a Play, The Merchant of Venice, talks about what it means to be nominated and celebrating the Tonys at the 65th Annual Tony Awards- Red Carpet & Media Room at New York NY....
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A Single Man Interviews
INTERVIEW Colin Firth on how knowing the film is coming out is one of the best feelings he's ever known, on how the work he's done he's taken a risk, on the vulnerability of being an actor, on knowing the feeling on stage, but to feel it...
Press Association
Sculptor to exhibit two giant horse heads at Venice biennale art festival
British Sculptor Nic Fiddian-Green puts the finishing touches to his new 6m high copper horse in his Surrey studio, before it is transported to Venice in Italy for the Biennale Art fair, which runs from May 1 to July 31.
Bloomberg
Venice Suffers Worst Flooding in Half a Century
Nov.13 -- Venice suffered its second-highest tide on record, threatening its fragile lagoon and Renaissance buildings, as Mayor Luigi Brugnaro prepared to declare a state of emergency. Flood waters peaked at 187 centimeters (74 inches)...
Bridgeman Arts
Venice, 1971
A trip to Venice in 1971 with lots of shots along the canals from a water taxi boat.
Bridgeman Arts
Italy and Venice 1968
Family loading suitcases into the boot of a Morris Minor Traveller.