.::Venice OC Reference Sheet::.

That took me about 8 hours?....yeah something like that ewe
Oh, I'm just going to point out that I forgot to put cats in the likes list   and that's why I have used a shape of cat's head for the palettes~

And now I'm just going to re post the info from the picture in case it's too small~ ^J^

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Human name: Caterina Vargas
Weight: Unknown
Dislikes/Fears: Aquaphobia, Loud music, Immature people/Countries,
Language: Italian
Birthday : 17th March
Height: 5'5"
Age: 1586 years old (physically 17)
Country/City: Venice, Italy
Personality: Dreamer, stubborn, intelligent and trustworthy
Likes: Fishes, Baccala’ Mantecata, Tiramisu, Classical music
A little bit of history:
The city is often threatened by flood tides pushing in
from the Adriatic between autumn and early spring. Six
hundred years ago, Venetians protected themselves from
land-based attacks by diverting all the major rivers
flowing into the lagoon and thus preventing sediment
from filling the area around the city. This created
an ever-deeper lagoon environment.
In 1604, to defray the cost of flood relief, Venice
introduced what could be considered the first example
of a 'stamp tax'. When the revenue fell short of
expectations in 1608, Venice introduced paper with
the superscription 'AQ' and imprinted instructions,
which was to be used for 'letters to officials'.
At first, this was to be a temporary tax, but it
remained in effect until the fall of the Republic
in 1797. Shortly after the introduction of the tax
,Spain produced similar paper for general taxation
purposes, and the practice spread to other countries.

Venice's economy has changed throughout history.
In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Venice
was a major centre for commerce and trade, as
it controlled a vast sea-empire, and became an
extremely wealthy European city, a leader in
political and economic affairs and a centre
for trade and commerce. From the 11th
century until the 15th century, pilgrimages
to the Holy Land were offered in Venice.
Other ports such as Genoa, Pisa, Marseille,
Ancona and Dubrovnik were hardly able to make
any competition to the well organized
transportation of pilgrims from Venice.
This all changed by the 17th century, when
Venice's trade empire was taken over by other
countries such as Portugal, and its naval
importance was reduced. In the 18th century,
then, it became a major agricultural and
industrial exporter.

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