'death in venice'
4165th Venice International Film Festival — The 65th Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was opened on August 27, 2008 by Burn After Reading , and closed on September 6, 2008.International competition jury, led by Wim Wenders, awarded Leone d Oro to The Wrestler ,… …
42Black Death — ), [ [http://www.pasteur.fr/actu/presse/press/07pesteTIGR E.htm Researchers sound the alarm: the multidrug resistance of the plague bacillus could spread] ] but recently attributed by some to other diseases.The pandemic is thought to have begun… …
43Jewish Community of Venice — The Jewish Community of Venice begins with Jewish settlements in the Veneto which were found even in ancient times.BackgroundThe presence of Jews in the region that was to become the Venetian republic is documented from as early as the first… …
44Grand Canal (Venice) — The Grand Canal (Italian: Canal Grande, Venetian: Canałasso) is the most important canal in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water traffic corridors in the city. Public transport is provided by water buses and private water taxis, but… …
45BLACK DEATH — BLACK DEATH, epidemic of various contagious diseases, bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic, all caused by the same bacillus, pasteurella pestis, a combination of which raged throughout Europe between 1348 and 1350. (See Map: Black Death). It was… …
46The Kiss of Death — infobox Book | name = The Kiss of Death image caption = author = Marcus Sedgwick country = England language = English language series = genre = Historical novel publisher = pub date = 2008 media type = Print (Hardback) pages = isbn = The Kiss of… …
47San Bartolomeo, Venice — San Bartolomeo (Saint Bartholomew) is one of many churches in Venice, Italy.It is near the Rialto Bridge in the sestiere , or neighborhood, of San Marco.HistoryThe church was supposedly founded in 830, and was originally dedicated to Saint… …
4862nd Venice International Film Festival — The 62nd Venice International Film Festival opened on August 31, 2005 with Tsui Hark s Seven Swords and closed on September 10, 2005 with a screening of Peter Ho sun Chan s musical Perhaps Love . The lineups were announced by the festival… …
49San Salvador, Venice — Façade of the church. The Chiesa di San Salvatore (of the Holy Saviour) is a church in Venice, northern Italy. Known in Venetian as San Salvador, is located on the Campo San Salvador, along the Merceria, the main shopping street of Venice. The… …
50Signoria of Venice — The Signoria of Venice ( Serenissima Signoria ) was the supreme body of government of the Republic of Venice. It was constituted of: * the Doge * the Minor Council ( Minor Consiglio ), created in 1175, which was composed of the 6 advisors of the… …
