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Venice Street Signs in Venetian Dialect
ABOVE: A yellow street sign (upper right corner) points the way to the railroad station and Piazzale Roma.
Venice has plenty of street signs (mostly painted or mounted on the sides of buildings), but they can be confusing if you're looking for a address from a guidebook or a street name on a map. The reason for the confusion is simple: Most signs are in Venetian dialect, which can be slightly, moderately, or radically different from standard Italian. For example, the campo and church of "Giovanni e Paolo" become "Zanipolo" in Venetian dialect. Other spellings vary by only a letter or two and aren't likely to cause worry. Our advice:
Examples of Venetian dialect vs. Italian spellings:
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