René Seindal
@seindal.dk
Immigrant. EU citizen 🇪🇺, Dane 🇩🇰 living in Venice 🇮🇹. Historian 📖 and keen photographer 📸. Servant of two dogs 🐕🐩.
Working at History Walks Venice
https://historywalksvenice.com
Working at History Walks Venice
https://historywalksvenice.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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The Provveditori e Sopraprovveditori sopra Banchi were, in 1524, charged with overseeing the banks operating in Venice, around the markets at Rialto.
Since the Middle Ages, noble families had operated banking activities around the Rialto with insufficient oversight.
#Banking #Venice #SkyStorians
Since the Middle Ages, noble families had operated banking activities around the Rialto with insufficient oversight.
#Banking #Venice #SkyStorians
Provveditori e Sopraprovveditori sopra Banchi — ASV Indice - History Walks in Venice
"Provveditori e Sopraprovveditori sopra Banchi" from the L’Archivio di Stato di Venezia: indice generale, storico, descrittivo ed analitico (1937) by Andrea da Mosto
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December 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The Provveditori e Sopraprovveditori sopra Banchi were, in 1524, charged with overseeing the banks operating in Venice, around the markets at Rialto.
Since the Middle Ages, noble families had operated banking activities around the Rialto with insufficient oversight.
#Banking #Venice #SkyStorians
Since the Middle Ages, noble families had operated banking activities around the Rialto with insufficient oversight.
#Banking #Venice #SkyStorians
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Hope we can all find something in life we love as much as Brigitte Bardot loved getting convicted and fined for inciting racial hatred by a French court.
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Hope we can all find something in life we love as much as Brigitte Bardot loved getting convicted and fined for inciting racial hatred by a French court.
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“A Musk, Zuckerberg e compagnia: in Europa abbiamo un mercato di milioni di utenti che fanno guadagnare un sacco di soldi alle vostre aziende. Ma noi amiamo anche proteggere i nostri cittadini e le nostre democrazie legiferando”, ha detto l’europarlamentare Laura Ballarin
December 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
“A Musk, Zuckerberg e compagnia: in Europa abbiamo un mercato di milioni di utenti che fanno guadagnare un sacco di soldi alle vostre aziende. Ma noi amiamo anche proteggere i nostri cittadini e le nostre democrazie legiferando”, ha detto l’europarlamentare Laura Ballarin
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In Venice, there's a statue of a bearded man on the façade of the church of San Zulian, above the entrance.
Yet another saint, one presumes, walking on towards St Mark's.
Well, no! That's Tommaso Ravenna, astrologer & physician, who in the 1500s got rich and famous selling remedies for syphilis.
Yet another saint, one presumes, walking on towards St Mark's.
Well, no! That's Tommaso Ravenna, astrologer & physician, who in the 1500s got rich and famous selling remedies for syphilis.
Thomas Philologus Ravennas - History Walks in Venice
The statue on the façade of the San Zulian church is not a saint, but an astrologer and doctor, who sold remedies for syphilis.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In Venice, there's a statue of a bearded man on the façade of the church of San Zulian, above the entrance.
Yet another saint, one presumes, walking on towards St Mark's.
Well, no! That's Tommaso Ravenna, astrologer & physician, who in the 1500s got rich and famous selling remedies for syphilis.
Yet another saint, one presumes, walking on towards St Mark's.
Well, no! That's Tommaso Ravenna, astrologer & physician, who in the 1500s got rich and famous selling remedies for syphilis.
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A member of the Pregadi — the Venetian senate — dressed in the traditional toga of important magistrates, with a black stola as a sign of mourning. The Republic of Venice had special rules about how magistrates could dress, even in periods of mourning.
#SkyStorians #Venezia #Venice
#SkyStorians #Venezia #Venice
Senatore con stola di duolo — Senator with a mourning stole — Grevembroch 1-33 - History Walks in Venice
"Senatore con stola di duolo" (Senator with a mourning stole) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A member of the Pregadi — the Venetian senate — dressed in the traditional toga of important magistrates, with a black stola as a sign of mourning. The Republic of Venice had special rules about how magistrates could dress, even in periods of mourning.
#SkyStorians #Venezia #Venice
#SkyStorians #Venezia #Venice
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This painting depicts a shoemaker specialised in calcagnette and zoccoli.
There were calegheri, calzolari, scarpéri, zavatteri, zoccolai, pianellai, and scarperut.
All these categories of shoemakers were organised in a single guild, the Scuola dei Calegheri in the Campo San Tomà.
#skystorians
There were calegheri, calzolari, scarpéri, zavatteri, zoccolai, pianellai, and scarperut.
All these categories of shoemakers were organised in a single guild, the Scuola dei Calegheri in the Campo San Tomà.
#skystorians
Arte Quadrupla — Quadruple Craft — Grevembroch 4-64 - History Walks in Venice
"Arte Quadrupla" (Quadruple Art) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This painting depicts a shoemaker specialised in calcagnette and zoccoli.
There were calegheri, calzolari, scarpéri, zavatteri, zoccolai, pianellai, and scarperut.
All these categories of shoemakers were organised in a single guild, the Scuola dei Calegheri in the Campo San Tomà.
#skystorians
There were calegheri, calzolari, scarpéri, zavatteri, zoccolai, pianellai, and scarperut.
All these categories of shoemakers were organised in a single guild, the Scuola dei Calegheri in the Campo San Tomà.
#skystorians
As if Nixon was enough, the US government wants cheaper dicks.
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As if Nixon was enough, the US government wants cheaper dicks.
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The well-known image of the plague doctor with the beaked mask doesn’t really have a lot of support in our sources.
Did he even exist?
And if he did, was he Venetian?
#Venice #Podcast #Skystorians #PlagueDoctor
Did he even exist?
And if he did, was he Venetian?
#Venice #Podcast #Skystorians #PlagueDoctor
Episode 21 — The Plague Doctor - Venetian Stories
The well-known image of the plague doctor with the beaked mask doesn't really have a lot of support in our sources. Did he even exist?
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December 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The well-known image of the plague doctor with the beaked mask doesn’t really have a lot of support in our sources.
Did he even exist?
And if he did, was he Venetian?
#Venice #Podcast #Skystorians #PlagueDoctor
Did he even exist?
And if he did, was he Venetian?
#Venice #Podcast #Skystorians #PlagueDoctor
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Ukrainian Special Forces operator at the battlefield of Ukraine.
It's devastating to see such destruction, especially realizing it's someone's home. Used to be.
It's devastating to see such destruction, especially realizing it's someone's home. Used to be.
December 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ukrainian Special Forces operator at the battlefield of Ukraine.
It's devastating to see such destruction, especially realizing it's someone's home. Used to be.
It's devastating to see such destruction, especially realizing it's someone's home. Used to be.
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E ai travagliati di sinistra che continuano a difenderli in nome della libertà di espressione invece di disprezzarli in nome dei diritti umani dico solo andate a nascondervi.
Qui si tratta di difendere le nostre democrazie.
Qui si tratta di difendere le nostre democrazie.
December 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
E ai travagliati di sinistra che continuano a difenderli in nome della libertà di espressione invece di disprezzarli in nome dei diritti umani dico solo andate a nascondervi.
Qui si tratta di difendere le nostre democrazie.
Qui si tratta di difendere le nostre democrazie.
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The Piazzetta is the part of the Piazza San Marco closest to the lagoon, around the two columns.
Commonly seen there, in the early 1700s, were a prison ship, a street brawl and noblemen in the broglio, engaging in the less noble side of Venetian politics.
#skystorians #Venezia #Venice
Commonly seen there, in the early 1700s, were a prison ship, a street brawl and noblemen in the broglio, engaging in the less noble side of Venetian politics.
#skystorians #Venezia #Venice
Veduta della Piazzetta di S. Marco — Il Gran Teatro di Venezia — plate 5 - History Walks in Venice
"Veduta della Piazzetta di S. Marco" from the "Gran Teatro di Venezia", published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The Piazzetta is the part of the Piazza San Marco closest to the lagoon, around the two columns.
Commonly seen there, in the early 1700s, were a prison ship, a street brawl and noblemen in the broglio, engaging in the less noble side of Venetian politics.
#skystorians #Venezia #Venice
Commonly seen there, in the early 1700s, were a prison ship, a street brawl and noblemen in the broglio, engaging in the less noble side of Venetian politics.
#skystorians #Venezia #Venice
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Zelensky a Roma, @EuropaNow è davanti a Palazzo Chigi ad accoglierlo con le bandiere europee e quella ucraina.
L’Ucraina è Europa, è il baluardo che difende l’Europa dalla Russia del ricercato criminale Putin
L’Ucraina è Europa, è il baluardo che difende l’Europa dalla Russia del ricercato criminale Putin
December 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Zelensky a Roma, @EuropaNow è davanti a Palazzo Chigi ad accoglierlo con le bandiere europee e quella ucraina.
L’Ucraina è Europa, è il baluardo che difende l’Europa dalla Russia del ricercato criminale Putin
L’Ucraina è Europa, è il baluardo che difende l’Europa dalla Russia del ricercato criminale Putin
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Satellite image of the ruins of Chasiv Yar. Not a single building in the city remains intact.
Russia brings death and ruin everywhere it goes.
Russia brings death and ruin everywhere it goes.
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Satellite image of the ruins of Chasiv Yar. Not a single building in the city remains intact.
Russia brings death and ruin everywhere it goes.
Russia brings death and ruin everywhere it goes.
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It was about time!
Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has been fined €120m (£105m) after it was found in breach of new EU digital laws, in a ruling likely to put the European Commission on a collision course with the US billionaire and potentially Donald Trump.
Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has been fined €120m (£105m) after it was found in breach of new EU digital laws, in a ruling likely to put the European Commission on a collision course with the US billionaire and potentially Donald Trump.
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It was about time!
Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has been fined €120m (£105m) after it was found in breach of new EU digital laws, in a ruling likely to put the European Commission on a collision course with the US billionaire and potentially Donald Trump.
Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has been fined €120m (£105m) after it was found in breach of new EU digital laws, in a ruling likely to put the European Commission on a collision course with the US billionaire and potentially Donald Trump.
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I’m sitting on a bench in SS Giovanni e Paolo. The conversation behind me is fascinating; it sounds like a tour guide who really knows his stuff. He’s so good, I decide to tell him so. I walk up to him & glance at his name tag. “I know you!” It was René Seindal of @historywalksvenice.com in action!
December 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’m sitting on a bench in SS Giovanni e Paolo. The conversation behind me is fascinating; it sounds like a tour guide who really knows his stuff. He’s so good, I decide to tell him so. I walk up to him & glance at his name tag. “I know you!” It was René Seindal of @historywalksvenice.com in action!
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Nessuna democrazia è immune dalla corruzione. La differenza la fanno appunto gli anticorpi. In ogni caso che gli italiani stiano facendo gli indignati quando non muovono il culo manco quando gli viene smantellato a favore di privati il sistema sanitario nazionale fa veramente sbellicare dal ridere.
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Nessuna democrazia è immune dalla corruzione. La differenza la fanno appunto gli anticorpi. In ogni caso che gli italiani stiano facendo gli indignati quando non muovono il culo manco quando gli viene smantellato a favore di privati il sistema sanitario nazionale fa veramente sbellicare dal ridere.
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Did the Venetian nobility play rugby in the early 1600s?
Well, kinda.
#Skystorians #Sports #Venezia #Venice
Well, kinda.
#Skystorians #Sports #Venezia #Venice
Giuoco del calzo — Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane — 35 - History Walks in Venice
"Giuoco del Calzo" from the "Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane", published by Giacomo Franco, c. 1610.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Did the Venetian nobility play rugby in the early 1600s?
Well, kinda.
#Skystorians #Sports #Venezia #Venice
Well, kinda.
#Skystorians #Sports #Venezia #Venice
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Non perdonerò *mai* la parte (tutt'altro che marginale) di sinistra che si è venduta l'anima a Putin e alla retorica nazionalista dei regimi, strumentalizzando e manipolando perfino il concetto di pace.
Tra le tante vergogne della nostra epoca, questa è una delle più disperanti.
Tra le tante vergogne della nostra epoca, questa è una delle più disperanti.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Non perdonerò *mai* la parte (tutt'altro che marginale) di sinistra che si è venduta l'anima a Putin e alla retorica nazionalista dei regimi, strumentalizzando e manipolando perfino il concetto di pace.
Tra le tante vergogne della nostra epoca, questa è una delle più disperanti.
Tra le tante vergogne della nostra epoca, questa è una delle più disperanti.
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The Most Sacred Heart of Venice?
What's in the cover illustration of the fourth volume of an 18th century trilogy?
#venice #venezia #skystorians
What's in the cover illustration of the fourth volume of an 18th century trilogy?
#venice #venezia #skystorians
Grevembroch cover illustrations - History Walks in Venice
The cover pages of each of the four volumes of Grevembroch's "
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November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The Most Sacred Heart of Venice?
What's in the cover illustration of the fourth volume of an 18th century trilogy?
#venice #venezia #skystorians
What's in the cover illustration of the fourth volume of an 18th century trilogy?
#venice #venezia #skystorians
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Spent the night in the bomb shelter cause the peace negotiations were exploding over Kyiv just so damn loud
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Spent the night in the bomb shelter cause the peace negotiations were exploding over Kyiv just so damn loud
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The position of Procuratore di San Marco was one of the highest honorifics of the Republic of Venice, ranking just below the Doge.
They were, as all other high-ranking magistrates of the Republic of Venice, dressed in the traditional toga or vesta.
#skystorians #venice #venezia
They were, as all other high-ranking magistrates of the Republic of Venice, dressed in the traditional toga or vesta.
#skystorians #venice #venezia
I Procuratori di S. Marcho — Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane — 3 - History Walks in Venice
"I Procuratori di S. Marcho" from the "Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane", published by Giacomo Franco, c. 1610.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The position of Procuratore di San Marco was one of the highest honorifics of the Republic of Venice, ranking just below the Doge.
They were, as all other high-ranking magistrates of the Republic of Venice, dressed in the traditional toga or vesta.
#skystorians #venice #venezia
They were, as all other high-ranking magistrates of the Republic of Venice, dressed in the traditional toga or vesta.
#skystorians #venice #venezia
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The stole was an important part of the dress of Venetian state officials, as a sign of dignity, but also used to indicate supplication, and even as a way of having informal votes.
#skystorians #venezia #venice
#skystorians #venezia #venice
Nobile della Casa Trivisan — Nobleman of the House of Trivisan — Grevembroch 1-55 - History Walks in Venice
"Nobile della Casa Trivisan" (Nobleman of the House of Trivisan) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The stole was an important part of the dress of Venetian state officials, as a sign of dignity, but also used to indicate supplication, and even as a way of having informal votes.
#skystorians #venezia #venice
#skystorians #venezia #venice
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Russia has killed Natalia Khodemchuk,the widow of Valerii Khodemchuk -the first victim of the Chornobyl disaster -during the attack on Kyiv on November 14
Natalia was hospitalized with burns covering 45% of her body
She passed away in the hospital this morning.
Deepest condolences.
Natalia was hospitalized with burns covering 45% of her body
She passed away in the hospital this morning.
Deepest condolences.
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Russia has killed Natalia Khodemchuk,the widow of Valerii Khodemchuk -the first victim of the Chornobyl disaster -during the attack on Kyiv on November 14
Natalia was hospitalized with burns covering 45% of her body
She passed away in the hospital this morning.
Deepest condolences.
Natalia was hospitalized with burns covering 45% of her body
She passed away in the hospital this morning.
Deepest condolences.