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Snow in Venice

I got to wondering if it ever snows in Venice, Italy, and found a post in Venice Blog about a rare snow storm there in late February/ early March, 2005.

Go to that blog for more photos.

By the way, a good book is "The City of Falling Angels" by John Berendt, author of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."

The Falling Angels book is non-fiction, it tells the story of some interesting inhabitants of Venice, Italy, whom the author met while living there in the months following a fire which destroyed the historic La Fenice opera house in 1996. But it reads like fiction, it's just a fascinating yarn.

posted on Feb 4, 2012 7:07 PM ()

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I will have to look up that book. I loved Midnight, etc.

comment by boots586 on Feb 12, 2012 1:25 PM ()

And I need to get the Midnight book and read it now.

reply by troutbend on Feb 19, 2012 3:38 PM ()

La Fenice not sure where he picked this up.french

comment by fredo on Feb 6, 2012 11:45 AM ()

reply by troutbend on Feb 6, 2012 11:53 AM ()

I would like an antipasto, some good bread and a glass of Italian wine.

comment by elderjane on Feb 5, 2012 6:41 PM ()

Wouldn't it be heaven? And you've got that good olive oil to dip the bread into.

I used to order antipasto every chance I got, and then discovered caprese salad (tomatoes, mozzarella, fresh basil).

reply by troutbend on Feb 6, 2012 11:45 AM ()

Never thought about it snowing in Italy but it is fairly far South. I'll look for the book....it sounds fascinating.

comment by redimpala on Feb 5, 2012 11:35 AM ()

I think you'll really like that book. The reason I thought it was fiction was the characters involved were so candid about each other and the events, and the writer seemed to have unlimited access to get all sides of the story. I'm going to read it again.

reply by troutbend on Feb 6, 2012 11:41 AM ()

La Fenice has been refurbished and is open again. I've been to venice in all four seasons of the year. Never during measurable snow but once when there were flurries. Twice during the occasional flooding. The last time I was there we had to walk across St. Mark's Square (Piazza) on raised boards, timbers and picnic-type tables. The water was about a foot deep for part of a day and again that night. With glacial melt, Venice appears doomed, but there is a plan to control water levels with huge operable dams across the gaps in the Lido islands that separates Venice Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea.

comment by jondude on Feb 5, 2012 6:39 AM ()

Sometimes when I hear about the upcoming flooding and the planned solutions, I'm a little bit sorry I'm not going to be alive to see if it really comes about.

reply by troutbend on Feb 6, 2012 11:43 AM ()

Also in Rome,they had snow.

comment by fredo on Feb 5, 2012 5:20 AM ()

It's probably like snow in Las Vegas - rare, but not unheard of.

reply by troutbend on Feb 6, 2012 11:43 AM ()

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