Historical Venice Apartment

04/02/2022

The "Fritola" (frittella in Italian) is the typical dessert of the Venice Carnival and it is ..... a wonderful thing, unique goodness! 😋
In the 1600, making fritole was considered an art, a street craft reserved only for them, the "fritoleri": they were the only ones who had permission from the Republic of San Marco to knead, fry and sell the Fritole during the Carnival period. They had large baskets or skewered pancakes (as can be seen in the 1755 painting by Pietro Longhi - exhibited in the museum of Cà Rezzonico 🏛️) in order not to grease their fingers and not to burn themselves. We instead lick our fingers and mustache too !!!!👅😋😋
Delicious recipe for the batter: eggs, flour, milk, sugar, raisins and pine nuts.
They can be empty or filled with: Chantilly cream, zabaglione, chocolate, pistachio, apples, ricotta.
You cannot come to Venice during the Carnival and not taste them! Each pastry shop has its own special fritola, we also queue for those in Tonolo!
Come and visit us, we will let you try them!

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30/01/2022

Fiori di vetro 🌸🌸🌸
L'arte del vetro -the Art of glass

The history of Murano glass began in 1291 when it was decreed that the glass factories of Venice, probably already active before the year 1000, were transferred to Murano since the furnaces of the workshops were often responsible for disastrous fires, which became particularly serious because at the the buildings were mainly made of wood. However, ancient documents and artifacts testify that the industry had been rooted in the island for some time.
The glass masters were obliged to live on the island and could not leave Venice without a special permit. However, many managed to escape, exporting their famous techniques abroad.
Today, the master glassmaker is assisted by two helpers called servente and serventino. They support the long metal barrel on which the master blows to give the glass the desired shape, but not only that, the servant and the servant in turn manipulate the glass with the tools at their disposal.
Even today, there is no Venetian house that does not have at least one glass object! This is our small Murano glass chandelier, enriched with leaves and flowers and gold.💘

30/01/2022

Un naso👃 porta fortuna🍀
If you walk for 10 minutes from our apartment, you can arrive at Campo Dei Mori: the name derives from the three statues set on the walls of the camp houses. The three statues represent three men (the Mori) from Morea (now Peloponnese-Greece.) They were three brothers Rioba, Sandi and Afani of the Mastelli del Ca****lo family who built the whole area.
Rioba was a cloth merchant, very rich but braggart and swindler, who behaved dishonestly with a lady, who, by a curse, had him turned into stone.
Around 1800, Rioba lost his nose and was replaced with an iron nose: touching it is said to bring a lot of luck!!!💎💎💎
And you, can you find the other two?

Curiosity: in the night between April 30 and May 1, 2010, Rioba was beheaded and immediately the police🚔 and all the Venetians were mobilized! 😖Fortunately, the head was found on May 3 and the statue was immediately restored. 😊

30/01/2022

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6 min from the apartment!

historical apartment to rent for short periods in the center of Venice

30/01/2022

30/01/2022

The magic of Carnival in Venice...Fondamenta di Cannaregio-10 min from home