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This Channel is about History, Art, Rarities, Dates and Places: in Venice, in Dolomites, in Italy and in Rock Music.
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🎼12 August 1991. Exactly 30 years ago Metallica released their eponymous album, also referred as The Black Album 🀟
It marked a definitive change in the band's sound, thus bringing #Metallica to general attention and mainstream.
The Black Album became one of the best selling in music history, and, as many know, it started with this oneπŸ‘‡
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πŸ“œ12 August 976. Pietro Orseolo is elected as 23rd Doge of Venice. He stayed in charge just 2 years and his only aim was to bring peace to Venice which at the time was witnessing frequent riots: he succeeded by focusing the city on the construction of the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica.
He also built the first hospice in Venice, right behind St. Mark's Square, with the purpose to host pilgrims who came to Venice to venerate Saint Mark! πŸ™πŸ»
Pietro left his "dogado" spontaneously on a Summer night of 978 to become a monk for the rest of his life: for this reason he is the only Doge of Venice who became a Catholic Saint after his death, venerated as Pietro I Orseolo.
πŸ“Έ The Bacino Orseolo you see in the pictures☝️, was named after him and today is the most famous Gondola place in Venice, right behind St. Mark!
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πŸ“œ #12August 976.
#PietroOrseolo is elected as Doge of Venice.

πŸ‘‰ Bacino Orseolo is named after him, read the story
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πŸ€˜πŸ“€ Celebrating 40 years of
πŸ‘‰ Dio - Sacred Heart in #VeniceRocksRoom.

#12August 1985
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