Italy
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Photo Descriptions
Venetian Alphabet
Venice, Italy
A is the bow of a typical working boat on the Grand Canal.
B is in the courtyard of the Doge’s Palace on Piazza San Marco.
C is a typical boat launch in front of a house on a side canal.
D is in the details at the Doge’s palace.
E is a typical ornament on the bow of the famous Venetian Gondolas.
F is at the corner of the house on a side canal.
G is in the grillwork above the doors of a home on a side street.
H is a mooring for the gondolas on the Grand Canal taken at night.
I is the famous column of the San Marco Lion on the Piazza San Marco.
J is the space between buildings on the canal in Murano.
K is part of a ladder in a courtyard in Murano.
L is on the outside wall of the Basilica San Marco.
M is a window overlooking the Grand Canal.
N is metal bars on the Venetian glass window in the Doge’s Palace.
O is the result of the reflection of one of many bridges in Venice.
P is in the mosaic on a building on the Grand Canal.
Q is a ubiquitous boat mooring along a side canal.
R is the stern ornament on a gondola.
S is the handle on an urn in the courtyard of the Doge’s Palace.
T is the font in the church on Murano.
U is in the mouth of a lion on a Venetian family’s door.
V is detail on a building along the canal.
W is a triple lamppost.
X is on the ceiling in the walkway at the Doge’s palace.
Y is in the shadow of window grillwork of a home in Venice.
Z is part of VENEZIA…. Venice in Italian.
marymnorth © 2009
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