EBN- Venice or the floating city located in northern Italy, is one of the most wonderful cities in the world. In addition to its special architectural nature, it is one of the miracles of unique human design.
The city was built on March 25, 421 AD, on 118 islands in the middle of the Venetian Lagoon in northern Italy. In the following context, learn amazing secrets about the historical city of Venice.
Venice is a mystery full of secrets and legends
When the new settlers arrived on the islands around 402 AD, they needed large areas and strong foundations to live on. They looked for safe ways to strengthen the islands and expand their surfaces, in addition to draining the water from them to overcome their fragile nature, so they dug hundreds of canals and reinforced their banks with wooden poles.
They planted thousands of them in the mud next to each other, in a way that was close to each other until they almost touched, and then the tops of those blocks were leveled and cut to create solid platforms for the foundations of their homes, and until now it is difficult to believe that the wood did not rot or erode with the passage of decades and centuries, but the secret lies in that when the wood was planted under water, it was provided with natural protection from erosion and damage, and even increased the strength and endurance of the wood.
The story of one of the city’s most famous statues
In the Castello area of Venice there is a church built in the eleventh century, and inside the church there is a statue of a woman, and few know its story or at least its legend, as it goes back to a young woman who was said to have owned a mirror through which she was able to see her future appearance and how she was on the verge of death, and as soon as she saw that she died from shock.
Legend of the Women of an Island in Venice
Palazzo Grassi is a beautiful palace overlooking the main canal in Venice. It is a classical palace located on the Grand Canal. The palace was built between 1748 and 1772 as the residence of the Grassi family.
The palace features a magnificent facade of white marble. One of the most famous stories about this palace is that a little girl lived in it. It is rumored at the time that she threw herself from this palace and her ghost inhabited the palace.
Witch watch venice
Near the Academy of Fine Arts Museum in Venice there is a very old house that has many stories, but the popular legend is that it belongs to a witch, and there is a clock hanging on the walls of the house, and it is said that when people tried to remove this clock, suspicious actions happened to them and they were cursed, but after returning it, things returned to normal.
