Panorama Photo

Ich hab's mir doch schon gedacht, dass wir auf a.-p. vielleicht auf der falschen Seite der Alpen stöbern. Wird so aber auch nicht leichter ;-)

...so war das natürlich nicht gedacht, mit diesem Pano hier mein Rätsel auf ap zu lösen :-)

Sehr schön erfasst. Es müssen nicht immer die von allen Postkarten bekannten Blicke sein. VG Martin

... of this strange word "conzafelzi", I'll tell you.
Of course it's a venetian, not italian, word. It refers to the ancient custom of putting a covering of black and strong tissue above the gondolas, to repair passengers from summer sun or winter rain and wind (or - just as Casanova - to hide from prying eyes...). You can see one of those gondolas with felze inside a "cavana" at ground floor of Ducal Palace in St. Mark's Square. Sometimes these coverings, named "felze" or "felzi", were made with poor tissue, other times they were very valuable according to the greater or lesser nobility of the of the gondolas' owners. In any case they frequently needed repairs and improvements by skilled craftsmen. The verb "conzare" just means set, improve, beautify and repair. Since many names of streets and locations in Venice depend on professions and arts that were nearby exercised, this means that near the bridge there were some well-known "felze"-repairmen.
A phonological annotation: in Venetian speech the word "conzafelzi" is correctly prononuced as "conSafelSi".
Ciao a tutti - A Venetian citizen (Alvise)

Grande! Risparmiato un passaggio su Wikipedia. Perché se a capire conza- ci può arrivare anche un valsuganotto, il -felzi richiede decisamente l'intervento del "local"!

Thanks a lot for this really very interesting information. Informations like these you´ll never get on any guided tour....

And I thought, "Conzafelzi" was a family name and Mr. Conzafelzi maybe was the owner or donator of this bridge :-)

Regards,
Jörg E.

Very beautiful and interesting. Thanks to Alvise for the explanations.

Ciao. Now I realize that you were in Venice in the days of America's Cup World Series! I hope you saw some races in Bacino. It was an extraordinary happening. Most interesting of all, the free access to Venetian Arsenale. The most ancient factory in the world, the best symbol of the greatness of Venice, in which thousands of ships were built, became a wide open space. Really exciting to see the "Formula 1" of the sea at anchor in the great harbor!
Ciao, Alvise

Yes, we´ve seen the race passing the harbour at 2 p.m. - I was surprised about their speed, although the wind was very low... I made some pictures but not a panorama...

Regards,
Jörg

Aus aktuellem Anlass habe ich heute einige der Venedig-Panoramen hier durchstöbert. Dieses ist mir besonders aufgefallen, da ich selbst an einem ähnlichen angedachten Brückenbild jüngst grandios gescheitert bin. Tolle Leistung - und ein wunderschönes Motiv sowieso. LG Arno