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What is Venipedia?Venipedia is a wiki-based website dedicated to the study of the city of Venice, Italy. Venipedia provides primary Venetian data about specific topics, such as Coats of Arms, that are largely ignored by other sites. To learn more about the purpose, content, and approach that separates Venipedia from other websites visit the About Venipedia page. |
Featured Article: WellThis page contains information about a typical Venetian well. For information on the history of wells, see WellsA well is a water system built by Venetians to collect and filter rain to be stored as freshwater.  StructureA typical well has an underground cistern, a well shaft, drains and a layer of fine river sand between the cistern and the pavement.  Well ShaftThe well shaft is the cylindrical hole extending down from the wellhead into the cistern. Water collected at the bottom of the well shaft once it was filtered and the citizens would retrieve this filtered water from the wellshaft through the wellhead at the top. The shaft was built of semi-porrous bricks, called pozzali, that would filter water as it made its way into the shaft. === ..→ |
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