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

One good blog post deserves another!ā€¦ and since I couldnā€™t fit all the great Venetian sign photos in last weekā€™s posting (A Good Sign | Un buon segno), here are the rest ā€” including the stories that go with them. Enjoy!

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sign for the Devil's Forest Pub in Venice

Lā€™insegna del Devilā€™s Forest Pub a Venezia, completo di un diavolo, un cinghiale, ed un cervo / Sign for the Devilā€™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

Unā€™altra insegna del Devilā€™s Forest Pub. Con un nome cosiā€™ si potrebbe credere di essere in Inghilterra, peroā€™ nel sottofondo si vede la bandiera veneziana gialla e rossa con il famoso leone alato. / Another sign at the Devilā€™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 itā€™s famous winged lion.

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poster, sign for the klimt exhibition in venice

Unā€™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

Unā€™affissione che fa pubblicitaā€™ per un evento di musica organizzato dal Laboratorio Occupato Morion a Venezia /Ā  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 ā€œartistiā€ locali / Street sign for the Courtyard of the Luganegher, complete with graffiti from the local ā€œartistsā€Ā  [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 Italyā€“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 ā€” Dio lo sa che di questi tempi cā€™eā€™ ne di bisogno! / A statue of the Madonna (Virgin Mary) seems almost to bless this bank sign in Venice ā€” God knows, in these times we need it!

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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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