Picture yourself in a boat on a river… #Reality #Venice #OriginalSound
Cat Bauer in Venice
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American author based in Venice, Italy since 1998. YA novelist & cultural journalist✨Contributor LUXOS Mag, Design Anth, CNN Travel, etc. Venice Gazette blog -> VeniceGazette.com + CatBauer.com
ALERT! You have until this Friday, August 7 to see the compelling “Archivio” by Dayanita Singh inside the actual Archivio di Stato in Venice-> www.venicegazette.com/2026/04/for-...
It’s the first Sunday of the month, which means all State museums in Italy are free to both residents & tourists. So, which are free this hot day in August in Venice for #DomenicaAlMuseo?->https://www.venicegazette.com/2024/11/6-italian-national-museums-in-venice.html
Yeah but Patti Smith is with the Pope😎 - cool Americans in Italy
Venice Yacht Watch - Superyacht Whisper is in the lagoon. Owned by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, apparently Magic Johnson & family are going around
Mary de Rachewiltz died age 101 on July 24 in Brunnenburg Castle, where I first met her in 2008. I was staying in Schloss Rubein. I wrote an essay back then, which I just published: "Remembering Mary de Rachewiltz in Venice & Merano-From Castle to Castle"-> www.venicegazette.com/2026/07/remb...
What a spectacular evening!💕 With the gorgeous “Stars of Tomorrow” of Balletto di Venezia✨ You could feel the magic touch of Sylvie Guillem on each young dancer. And to be surrounded by Tintoretto inside San Rocco… it doesn’t get more beautiful🙏 Grazie, Palazzo Polignac
Yay!☀️ www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
US judge approves Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of copyright lawsuit
A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday signed off on artificial intelligence company Anthropic's landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by a group of authors who accus...
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I’ve written about the Festa del Redentore many times. Here’s a post from 2018 when I was exasperated about sloppy Venice outsider bloggers calling themselves insiders: “Feast of Redentore-Correcting Some Misinformation”-> www.venicegazette.com/2018/07/feas... Photo from 2026
Mother Nature’s Redentore fireworks pre-show #Venice
Happy Birthday in heaven, Spence!✨ Spencer Davis, born #OTD July 17, 1939 in Swansea. Photo: Venice, 2003
Detail of the wondrous 11th century floor in the Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta on Venice’s island of Torcello☀️ #MosaicMonday
The collapse of a carriage horse in Rome, amid extreme heat and heavy traffic, sparks outrage and renewed calls for a botticelle ban.
Collapse of carriage horse amid Rome's summer heat sparks calls for botticelle ban
The collapse of a horse pulling one of Rome's botticelle carriages amid extreme heat reignites calls to end the use of horse-drawn carriages for tourists.
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At opening of Pavilion of (Dis)Sense with artist-curator Katia Margolis & Robin Saikia of Vert de Venise Gallery. It seeks to renew Venice as a space where artistic freedom, civic responsibility & dissent remain inseparable. To Aug 7
George Clooney's career to be celebrated at Venice Film Festival reut.rs/4wmUpq4
George Clooney's career to be celebrated at Venice Film Festival
Hollywood star and filmmaker George Clooney will be honoured with this year's Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award, organisers announced on Monday.
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If you want a real companion to guide you around the lagoon, it’s ‘Drink & Think Venice’ by long-time resident @robinsaikia.bsky.social. Robin’s wit & personal knowledge captures Venice as only someone who’s actually lived here can. And it fits in your purse or pocket!
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Elaine Calder@calderbennett.bsky.social · last mo.I just bought two copies of this delightful and informative book. It's the perfect gift for friends who are going to Venice soon. Thank you @robinsaikia.bsky.social for sharing such great advice and wonderful facts!
Random section of the exquisite 12th-century floor in the Basilica of San Marco, Venice #MosaicMonday
I just bought two copies of this delightful and informative book. It's the perfect gift for friends who are going to Venice soon. Thank you @robinsaikia.bsky.social for sharing such great advice and wonderful facts!
everyone should be thinking about medieval venice all the time, I say
Andy Beaton@aiabx.bsky.social · last mo.I've been thinking of that portrait of the bad Doge since 2016.
This Venetian cat claims the entire bench for her relaxing pleasure at Venice’s civic hospital, where the divine vibes of the ancient Scuola Grande di San Marco still waft through the air #Caturday
The Italian navy’s iconic tall ship Amerigo Vespucci, widely known as "the most beautiful ship in the world", joins 4 July celebrations in New York to mark 250 years of American independence. #America250 #July4th
Italian navy tall ship Amerigo Vespucci joins 4 July flotilla to mark America's 250th anniversary
The Italian Navy's training tall ship Amerigo Vespucci arrives in New York to join the 250th anniversary celebrations of American independence on 4 July.
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July 5 is the 1st Sunday of the month. All State museums in Italy are free! Updated: Tintoretto’s ‘Racconta La Genesi’ is extended to Aug 30 so Venice’s Accademia has still got ‘Adam & Eve Before the Eternal One’ on loan from the Uffizi in Florence. More-> www.venicegazette.com/2024/11/6-it...
