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Snow storm and high water in Venice, Italy

by Castellaro | March 11, 2010 at 04:22 am

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Yesterday the weather was tremendous in Venice: snowstorm and high water created problems for the venetians and big entertainment for the tourists. The famous St. Mark Square and other notorious spots in Venice were hit by wind, snow and high water. In St. Mark's the promoting Istanbul Tourism billboard was ripped off by the fast bora wind. The billboard was there to say Istanbul is the hottest cultural spot in Europe. Such a campaing looked quite mocking in Venice. Even nature revolted.

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Mary Richard

at 05:47 on March 11th, 2010

Meanwhile, Canada's winter is the driest on record. Weird, that.

mudricky

at 06:53 on March 11th, 2010

I know Mary, it is strange.

Everyone got the opposite of what they normally get! =:-D

We (the UK) had our coldest winter for 30 years. I though it was great, I love snow.

mudricky

at 06:47 on March 11th, 2010

Great photos Castellaro, did you take them?

Castellaro

at 00:27 on March 12th, 2010

Thank you so much! Yes, I took them. If you like to see more, I posted a gallery on my website www.lucacastellaro.com. Have a nice day : )

Yuliya Talmazan

at 10:22 on March 11th, 2010

Is snow a pretty rare occurrence in Venice? Great photos!

Castellaro

at 00:31 on March 12th, 2010

Yes, it doesn't happen so often. This winter has been a particular one. Good to me that I love snowy and winter landscape (see more on my flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/castellaro )