A Good Sign, Part 2 | Signs Around Venice | Foto Blog

One good blog post deserves another!
 and since I couldn’t fit all the great Venetian sign photos in last week’s posting (A Good Sign | Un buon segno), here are the rest — including the stories that go with them. Enjoy!

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sign for the Devil's Forest Pub in Venice

L’insegna del Devil’s Forest Pub a Venezia, completo di un diavolo, un cinghiale, ed un cervo / Sign for the Devil’s Forest Pub in Venice, complete with a devil, a wild boar, and a deer stag

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sign for the Devil's Forest Pub in Venice

Un’altra insegna del Devil’s Forest Pub. Con un nome cosi’ si potrebbe credere di essere in Inghilterra, pero’ nel sottofondo si vede la bandiera veneziana gialla e rossa con il famoso leone alato. / Another sign at the Devil’s Forest Pub. With a name like this, you might think it was in England, but in the background you can see the red and yellow Venetian flag with it’s famous winged lion.

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poster, sign for the klimt exhibition in venice

Un’affissione per una mostra di Klimt a Venezia dal 24 marzo al 7 agosto del 2012 / A poster advertising a Klimt exhibit in Venice, from March 24 to August 7, 2012

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sign, poster for an event organized by laboratoria occupato morion in venice, italy

Un’affissione che fa pubblicita’ per un evento di musica organizzato dal Laboratorio Occupato Morion a Venezia /  A poster publicizing a music event organized by the Laboratorio Occupato Morion in Venice [According to Lonely Planet, this counter-culture social center throws a wicked dance party featuring local Venetian music groups.]

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street sign in venice, italy for the courtyard of the lughaneger, meaning sausage-maker

Targa stradale per il Corte del Luganegher, con sotto dei graffiti degli “artisti” locali / Street sign for the Courtyard of the Luganegher, complete with graffiti from the local “artists”  [Luganegher means Sausage-maker in Venetian dialect and is related to the word luganega, a type of fresh pork sausage originating in the Lombardia and/or Veneto regions of Italy–place of origin is disputed.]

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sign in venice, italy, for a bank with the vergin mary in a glass disply case above it

Una statua della Madonna sembra quasi benedire questa insegna di una banca a Venezia — Dio lo sa che di questi tempi c’e’ ne di bisogno! / A statue of the Madonna (Virgin Mary) seems almost to bless this bank sign in Venice — God knows, in these times we need it!

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 Any thoughts? Which was your favorite?

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3 Responses to A Good Sign, Part 2 | Signs Around Venice | Foto Blog

  1. Mimi says:

    Questi segni piacono molto a me.

  2. JoAnn says:

    Thanks so much for posting these sign photos, Jodina. I really enjoyed them! Perhaps the dog one from last week is my fav!

  3. admin says:

    Ciao JoAnn — the dog doo-doo sign is my fave too!

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