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Venice is built on alluvial mud, and most buildings in the city were (and mostly still are) supported by large numbers of timber piles driven into the mud. Above a stone platform sitting on these, the normal building material is brick, although the Renaissance facades were usually faced with Istrian stone , a fine limestone that is not strictly ...
Venetian Gothic is the particular form of Italian Gothic architecture typical of Venice, originating in local building requirements, with some influence from Byzantine architecture, and some from Islamic architecture, reflecting Venice's trading network. Very unusually for medieval architecture, the style is at its most characteristic in ...
Mudbrick or mud-brick, also known as unfired brick, is an air-dried brick, made of a mixture of mud (containing loam, clay, sand and water) mixed with a binding material such as rice husks or straw. Mudbricks are known from 9000 BCE. From around 5000–4000 BCE, mudbricks evolved into fired bricks to increase strength and durability.
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With theVenetian Way partially closing, residents can expect to seean uptick in traffic going through their neighborhoods, and commuters should brace for more causeway delays , the city of Miami ...
The facade of the Doge's Palace overlooking St. Mark's Basin, in a mid-19th century photo by Carlo Ponti. The history of the Doge's palace in Venice begins in medieval times and continues with numerous extensions, renovations and demolitions aimed at adapting the building to the new needs of the city and in particular to the need to give a seat to the governing bodies that, increasing in ...
The Loggetta is a small, richly decorated building at the base of the bell tower in Saint Mark's Square, Venice, Italy.Built by Jacopo Sansovino between 1538 and 1546, [1] it served at various times as a gathering place for nobles and for meetings of the procurators of Saint Mark, the officials of the Venetian Republic who were responsible principally for the administration of the treasury of ...
Domenico Rossi, 49, is a crab fisherman, like his ancestors back to the glory days of the Venetian Republic. The Venetian island of Burano’s charms are rooted in its fishing legacy: the colorful ...