{"id":8387,"date":"2021-08-04T19:30:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T17:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suezo.it\/?p=8387"},"modified":"2021-08-04T19:41:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T17:41:49","slug":"detourism-il-suono-di-venezia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suezo.it\/en\/suezolive\/detourism-il-suono-di-venezia","title":{"rendered":"Detourism: the sound of Venice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s discover all sounds of Venice with \u201cDetourism: La newsletter di Venezia\u201d<\/strong>! Enjoy your reading!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Venice sound map<\/h1>\n

Venice has a unique urban soundscape<\/strong>. Without traffic noise, it is a city where the sound of water and the ringing of more than one hundred church bells<\/a><\/strong> prevails over everything.<\/p>\n

The Venice Soundmap project<\/a><\/strong> is a map of the city which collects recordings of everyday life in Venice,<\/strong>\u00a0gathered by students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice<\/a><\/strong>, the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Venice<\/a><\/strong> and the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice<\/a><\/strong> who toured the historic centre of Venice and its islands and recorded the urban soundscape. The map is also available on the Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Everyday sounds of Venice are waves<\/a><\/strong>, oars slapping the water<\/a><\/strong> of the canals, water flowing in the fountains<\/a><\/strong> in campi<\/em> and calli<\/em>, or, on very special occasions, sirens announcing high tide<\/a><\/strong>. There are as many bells in the city as there are bell towers, each with its own distinctive timbre: a concert that starts early every day. At noon, the bells of San Marco<\/a><\/strong> ring along with those of the whole city.<\/p>\n

And also: seagulls squawking<\/a><\/strong>, gondoliers singing<\/a><\/strong>, Venetians shouting at each other<\/a><\/strong>, shopping carts stumbling over the bridges, children laughing and playing togheter outside.<\/p>\n

Even today, Venice is brimming with ancient know-how<\/strong> that cannot be found elsewhere in the world, local artisan shops with their unique sounds and noises: the sound of the glass furnaces <\/strong>on the island of Murano<\/strong>, the sound of hammers, saws and planes in the squeri<\/a><\/strong>, Venice’s traditional gondola shipyards, or the sound of 18th-Century looms still in use in historical weaving companies.<\/p>\n