#OTD #TDIH #March4, 1678 #HBD #AntonioVivaldi! #Vivaldi #Compsers #Virtuosos #Violinists #Teachers #Impresarios #Priests #RomanCatholicPriests #CatholicPriests #Venetians #Baroque #BaroqueMusic #ClassicalMusic #ClassicalSky #MusicSky
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A Greek island has 1,000 private chapels. Families maintain them for faith and community TINOS, Greece (AP) — These private whitewashed chapels with miniature bell towers belong to octogenarians and Generation Z, goat farmers and hotel owners, Orthodox Christians and Catholics who worship daily and de facto atheists. The post A Greek island has 1,000 private chapels. Families maintain them for faith and community appeared first on RNS.

#quotes #books #booksky #excerpts #citations #byzantium #herrin #byzantine #cyprus #christianity #earlychristianity #orthodox #art #religion #occupation #invasion #franks #venetians #ottomans #medieval #middleages

yeah

Ask #Venice who ‘invented’ #Capitalism

💢 #Venetians invented #double-entry fucking #accounting💢

& I’m pretty sure #Egypt, #India & #China had a pretty strong grasp, too

FFS just because people claim a title doesn’t mean it didn’t already exist

Thank you #Venice. That's all. Thank you #Venetians

I am in favor of #Venetians making their displeasure at the #Bezos wedding debacle clearly and abundantly known by any and all means short of bodily harm.

Even the #venetians all the way in #italy r protesting an #american #oligarchy #jeffbezos nuptials stepping foot in their beautiful yet limited housing city

DYK 18thC #Venetians wore #CarnivalMasks half the year, not just at carnival? They got to be whoever they wanted to be & to #fuck whomever would join them in a bedded gondola. Women in Venice were Europe’s most free. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex #WmnHist

Exploring Spinalonga Island’s 16thC Venetian fortress. The fortifications held out against the Ottomans until the early 18thC. At the start of the 20thC the island became a leper colony #spinalonga #ottomans #venetians #earlymodern

Some of the 16thC Venetian fortifications on the small island of Spinalonga, just off the coast of Crete. They were successful in holding back Ottoman attacks until the start of the 18thC, decades after Crete itself fell #spinalonga #ottomans #venetians #crete #ottomanempire

#OTD #TDIH #March4, 1678 #HBD #AntonioVivaldi! #Vivaldi #Compsers #Virtuosos #Violinists #Teachers #Impresarios #Priests #RomanCatholicPriests #CatholicPriests #Venetians #Baroque #BaroqueMusic #ClassicalMusic
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#ScribesAndMakers 18/2: Do you have multiple creative outlets? Are they distractions, or do they work synergistically?

I wouldn't call them _distractions_ as each is important to me. But they _do_ compete for my limited amount of free time.

Beyond translating German folk tales, I also play […]

Although Aussie #NewWave Band #Venetians had a few #Top40 hits in their home country, they never managed to enjoy worldwide success though they have developed a healthy cult following. Their 1983 single “Chinese I’s” was a #StarckClub fave
#80sMusic #AustralianMusic #80s

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Doesn't look like the #Venetians put up much of a fight www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8A8...