There’s no excuse for not knowing the time in Venice. Many of the campi (squares) and calli (streets) have clocks mounted on a wall. Mind you, they may not display an accurate time, but we can’t have everything, can we?
Here is just a tiny sample. You’ll find many more the next time you’re there, I promise. It makes a change from spotting pissotte, anyhow!
Calle Vallaresso
Campo San Bartolomeo
Campo Santo Stefano
Murano
And for those who need reminding, or have never encountered one, here is an example of a pissotta. (Ask me, if you don’t know what they are.)
Hello World 
I love the collection which You photographed. Great idea for the post.
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Thank you, Sartenada.
Venice is full of great ideas, without ever having to take the “usual” tourist photos.
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Am glad I took the time to check out this post. Really lovely pictures!
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Thank you! I’ve been reading some of your past posts. England must pose some mysteries for you!
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Thanks! Yes, yes it does. Its mad here…but in a good way.
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Great clocks. I am not sure but is the last one a pizza oven?
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A good guess, but not a winner, Gerard. If you folks are in Venice at the same time as I’m there, it will be my pleasure to educate you about these structures! 🙂
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Do you know the history of these orologi? There used to be about 30 of them here and there in the city: they have been installed around 1930 thanks to the money donated by a private venetian. All of them were linked to a central clock located in Ca’ Farsetti, our city hall. Some of them are now disappeared, but the remaining ones still work.
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No, I surely did not know that, Winckelmann. Thank you for that piece of history. (Now I owe you 2 spritz!)
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They’re beautiful, but just what kind of clock is the last picture???
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Perhaps that might be a “water” clock, Darlene. 🙂
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Hi Yvonne 😀 Not one of those clocks tell the right time. I will be 16:33 on the beep 😉 Ralph xox ❤
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Oh, Ralphie, remember when we used to be able to phone and get the correct time? I always wondered about that woman (with an English accent) who had to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. True story. 🙂 Has Cat Woman arrived yet? oxo ❤
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No cat woman as yet ! She is probably on the phone ! Yes. I do remember the talking clock. No holidays, no sleep, no time off. Terrible ! ❤
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457 visa?
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This a wonderful collection of clocks Y! Half of which I have never noticed before, as usual. 😉
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I’d only idly noticed them until my last visit, Susie. Did you see Winckelmann’s explanation of their history, in his comment above?
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L’orologio is so much prettier than the pissota and both serve very useful purposes.
I only recently learned to spell “orologio” so grazie for giving me the excuse to use it in a sentence!
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Oh, I think some of the pissotte are rather gorgeous, Michelle. 🙂
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But no nearly so colorful which is what I meant. Yes, I think the design of the pissotte (really? a feminine noun? hmm) as well as serving a functional purpose is quite elegant at times so have to agree with you on that.
Now, where did I put those cans of spray paint?
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