👨🎨 20 March 1597. Architect (not "Archistar") Antonio Da Ponte passes away in Venice aged 85.
Anyone who designed and built a mastepiece like Rialto Bridge, should well deserve a prominent place in history, don't you agree?
That was not the case for #AntonioDaPonte 🤷♂️, he was selected in a contest held by Venice Doge, who wanted #RialtoBridge rebuilt out of stone. #Rialto was in fact originally a wooden bridge but it kept on burning or being damaged. The best architects of the time were called for projects: #Michelangelo, #Sansovino, #Palladio, #Barozzi, but either were rejected or renounced, for it was impossible to build such a thing in that way!
The words pronounced both by fellow architects and Venetian citizens, which accompanied Da Ponte in 1588 - 1591 (3 years for building the bridge) were: "You're never gonna do it!".
HE DID IT in fact, at the time Rialto was the only bridge that crossed the #GrandCanal... still there today in all its splendour! 🤩 More #VeniceHistory in the Chat Room👇
#20March
Anyone who designed and built a mastepiece like Rialto Bridge, should well deserve a prominent place in history, don't you agree?
That was not the case for #AntonioDaPonte 🤷♂️, he was selected in a contest held by Venice Doge, who wanted #RialtoBridge rebuilt out of stone. #Rialto was in fact originally a wooden bridge but it kept on burning or being damaged. The best architects of the time were called for projects: #Michelangelo, #Sansovino, #Palladio, #Barozzi, but either were rejected or renounced, for it was impossible to build such a thing in that way!
The words pronounced both by fellow architects and Venetian citizens, which accompanied Da Ponte in 1588 - 1591 (3 years for building the bridge) were: "You're never gonna do it!".
HE DID IT in fact, at the time Rialto was the only bridge that crossed the #GrandCanal... still there today in all its splendour! 🤩 More #VeniceHistory in the Chat Room👇
#20March
🎼20 March 1976. Chester Bennington, founder, leader, singer and songwriter of Linkin Park was born in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He would be 45 today but on July 20, 2017 something went wrong in his mind 🤷♂️. "I can't imagine a world without you in it" he said only 2 months before, about his friend #ChrisCornell death, and he took his own life the day on what would have been Chris' 53rd birthday.
I have to say I never liked #LinkinPark so much (I totally loved #Soundgarden instead), but they were such a "big thing" in early 2000's, that I went to their concert here in Venice San Giuliano Park in Summer 2008 and I really enjoyed it a lot 🤟👍 #ChesterBennington was undoubtedly a huge talented #vocalist!
Here's a rare video of him and Mike Shinoda in Venice early that day... if you watch it all, at some point you can see Chester not being very lucky in his pizza choice in town 🙈... unfortunately at the time I wasn't around with my Local Food Tours for Rockers 😊😉
If you have any favorite Linkin Park song you would like to post... do it as usual in the Chat Room 👇 I'll post a rough video of the concert that night in Venice! #20March
#VeniceFood #VeniceGuide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpXo-fuZGJc
I have to say I never liked #LinkinPark so much (I totally loved #Soundgarden instead), but they were such a "big thing" in early 2000's, that I went to their concert here in Venice San Giuliano Park in Summer 2008 and I really enjoyed it a lot 🤟👍 #ChesterBennington was undoubtedly a huge talented #vocalist!
Here's a rare video of him and Mike Shinoda in Venice early that day... if you watch it all, at some point you can see Chester not being very lucky in his pizza choice in town 🙈... unfortunately at the time I wasn't around with my Local Food Tours for Rockers 😊😉
If you have any favorite Linkin Park song you would like to post... do it as usual in the Chat Room 👇 I'll post a rough video of the concert that night in Venice! #20March
#VeniceFood #VeniceGuide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpXo-fuZGJc
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Linkin Park a Venezia!!! Episodio di LPUTV 8!
Linkin Park a Venezia per l'HJF (Heineken Jammin Festival) 2008! Notare che nessuno li riconosce!!!
🌝 #20March
Every time I come here on Spring Equinox I remember the genius who built this wonder: #RialtoBridge.
👉 Read the amazing story of Antonio Da Ponte here
Every time I come here on Spring Equinox I remember the genius who built this wonder: #RialtoBridge.
👉 Read the amazing story of Antonio Da Ponte here
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👨🎨 Building #RialtoBridge and the #BridgeOfSighs 500 years ago...
👉 Read the amazing story of architect Antonio Da Ponte
#AntonioDaPonte passed away today, #20March 1597.
👉 Read the amazing story of architect Antonio Da Ponte
#AntonioDaPonte passed away today, #20March 1597.
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