Antepenultimate
I wasn't going to post this, but Randy's last comment on Last (Number in San Polo) has forced my hand. [You can see two examples of the difference between Venetian and Italian on this nizioletto - Sestier, not Sestiere, and Crose, not Croce.] But the point is that the last number in Santa Croce is 2359. (It's hard to see behind the wisteria, but it is 2359.) I'm afraid that this is another of the rare examples of ombra.net getting it wrong. Ombra says this number is on Ponte de la Chiesa o Galliccioli, on the Rio de San Cassan (Rio di San Cassiano), but it's actually on (or, rather, next to) Ponte Giovanni Andrea della Croce o de la Malvasia. I don't know where Randy found the last number in Santa Croce recorded as 2347B, but ombra only finds 2347A (in Campiello Giovanni Andrea de la Croce) (and 2348 - 2358 on Ponte de l'Anguria, the Ponte Privato del Civico, which is between the two bridges already mentioned). Another thing I have not figured out is that houses are not generally on bridges, but may be next to bridges.Randy is quite right about the last numbers in Cannaregio and Castello, but the name of the bridge between them is Ponte Rosso. I'll post a couple of photos shortly.
Btw, 'antepenultimate' is just a word I like - it has no real connection to the photo or to the discussion.
posted by Bert at 1:43 PM
4 Comments:
New purple beauty hanging over the beauty of the old bricks!
beautiful wisteria.
I love the way you give so much information with each photo, many thanks. keep up the good work.
Great picture, Bert (including the wisteria!). Ah the riddles of Venice! 2359 enters directly from Ponte della Chiesa off Campo S. Cassiano, with 2347 also entering off Cpo S.Cassiano across a private bridge just to the south.
The 2346 A/B mystery is in the Sottoportico de Siora Bettina, across Ponte Giovanni Andrea della Croce, then across the Campiello of the same name, then into the Sottportico where 2346, A & B are side by side before you reach Calle della Regina. The in-between number, 2347A, is actually right at the Sta.Croce foot of that bridge, adjacent to the Campiello!
For a quick run to the other end of town, is Castello #1 actually on Fopndamente d Quineavalle? (Have to get your exercise, you know)
Randy, can you email me, please? I'd like to get it straight, but it might bore people lacking the level of OCD that I have.
You can see #1 Castello on VC. It's near the end of Fondamenta de Quintavalle, opposite the start (or end) of Calle dei Pomeri. If you try to go further you would be in 'entry forbidden' territory (Calle dei Frari). I think it has something to do with the Lighthouse Authority.
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