Forwarded from Venice Local Guide
📜25 January 1348
A big "terremoto" (earthquake) probably the most devastating in #VeniceHistory, hits the city and all North East #Italy.
The earthquake caused 10 consecutive days of Acqua Granda (flood) and accelerated the spread of the "Peste Nera" (Black Plague).
Venice, at the time inhabited by 100.000 people lost 3 quarters of its population that year! 😱
The 25th of January became known for centuries among Venetians as “San Paolo del terremoto” (after the Saint of the day).
From a local chronicle in those days:
“Fu così grande che scorlò tutta la città in modo tale che le campane sonavano da per loro, et caderono in terra i campanili di S. Silvestro, S. Vidal, S. Giacomo dall’Orio, S. Anzolo et la fazzada della chiesa di S. Basilio. Durò diese giorni continui e tutto il popolo stava con grandissimo spavento”.
#25January #Earthquake #HighWater #VeniceFlood
A big "terremoto" (earthquake) probably the most devastating in #VeniceHistory, hits the city and all North East #Italy.
The earthquake caused 10 consecutive days of Acqua Granda (flood) and accelerated the spread of the "Peste Nera" (Black Plague).
Venice, at the time inhabited by 100.000 people lost 3 quarters of its population that year! 😱
The 25th of January became known for centuries among Venetians as “San Paolo del terremoto” (after the Saint of the day).
From a local chronicle in those days:
“Fu così grande che scorlò tutta la città in modo tale che le campane sonavano da per loro, et caderono in terra i campanili di S. Silvestro, S. Vidal, S. Giacomo dall’Orio, S. Anzolo et la fazzada della chiesa di S. Basilio. Durò diese giorni continui e tutto il popolo stava con grandissimo spavento”.
#25January #Earthquake #HighWater #VeniceFlood