Venice

= 1. Questions (I wonder...?) = 1. I wonder how the city was built? 2. I wonder if the Venetians had an easy life with canals instead of streets? 3. I wonder when they first made gondolas and when they started using them daily? 4. I wonder how it stood afloat for so long? 5. I wonder if the Venetians new the craft skills to make the awsome architecture, before or after they settled the city?

= = = 2. Inferences (I think that...because....) = 1. I think they may have built the city near the ocean and made the canals in preperation for floods but it stayed flooded. 2. I think in some cases it may have been more peaceful, and easier than bustling streets, but during storms their boats may be broken, tossed around and damaged, and you would not be able to travel by boat. 3. I think after the city canals filled with water, they started to produce boats, but not their previous big merchant and battle ships, but ships they could easily travel through, inside the canals. 4. I think it may have been able to float because the seas weren't as high and restless and the city may have been newer and not have had as many people. 5. I think they may have already known it and been able to have made thier architecture when the city was built not better architecture later.

= 3. Resources = [|Venice photos] [|Venice history] [|Venetian events] [|Venice in the Renaissance] [|The Venetian Crusade] [|The Construction of Venice]

= = = 4. Summary = While researching about Venice, I have learned about how it was built,and about the Venetio Plaza and its buildings and canals, and about early Venice. First of all I learned about Venice's General architecture. The most important thing I learned about its architecture is how it floats, and that is from the fact that it was built on hundreds of tiny islands in a small swap, which branched into the more water and then the sea. Next I learned about the Venetio Plaza, the most important thing about that was probably the way the houses were built. They were built in a three-story way as to allow easy access from the bottom level (the kitchen) to the water source and to easily get out into the canals, and the third floor, to keep safety from storms that may stir the water. Last I learned about early Venice, the most important thing there probably being the "Arsenale". The "Arsenale" were the main founders of Venice, they made fish breeding grounds and helped to make areas for ships that were to large for the canals, and made many houses and buildings to keep Venice thriving, along with bending rivers for canals. All in all this was very useful for me because Venice is my favorite city in the world and I know I can use this knowledge for future help and schoolwork.

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