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An altana catches fire on San Lio, causing a cloud of smoke that can be seen over the Canal Grande.

30 Major Fires in Venice 2004

As we rode the vaporetto together, he often pointed out all the altana-eligible houses that had these footings, and would tell me what fools the owners were to leave their roofs uncrowned.

Perched on the Roofs of Palazzos 2004

A local I know told me that it is impossible to build a new altana unless your house or apartment already has the brick/stone footings -- often hundreds of years old.

Veniceblog: 2004

Above you see a classic example of an altana, a wooden terrace deck that has been a fixture atop Venetian houses for over half a millenium.

Perched on the Roofs of Palazzos 2004

A local I know told me that it is impossible to build a new altana unless your house or apartment already has the brick/stone footings -- often hundreds of years old.

Perched on the Roofs of Palazzos 2004

Above you see a classic example of an altana, a wooden terrace deck that has been a fixture atop Venetian houses for over half a millenium.

Veniceblog: 2004

As we rode the vaporetto together, he often pointed out all the altana-eligible houses that had these footings, and would tell me what fools the owners were to leave their roofs uncrowned.

Veniceblog: 2004

An altana catches fire on San Lio, causing a cloud of smoke that can be seen over the Canal Grande.

Veniceblog: 2004

[4] Euripides appears in the upper story; but as in an altana, or sitting to an open gallery.

Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature August Wilhelm Schlegel 1806

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