 In the 1960s some bright spark at Coca Cola came up with the idea of using the famous flocks of pigeons in St Mark's Square to advertise the company's name in a very eye-catching way. It was not an original idea. Coca Cola had borrowed it from Assicurazioni Generali, a Venetian insurance company, which had its headquarters in the piazza. Assicurazioni Generali would regularly set out birdseed in such a way that the pigeons would form the letters A G. A word of advice to any companies who might like to follow suit: since 2008 it has been against the law to feed the pigeons in Piazza San Marco.  Comments are closed.
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My name is David Lown and I am an art historian from Cambridge, England.
Since 200I I have been living in Italy, where I run private tours of Florence, Rome & Venice. Search Pictures From Italy:
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November 2019
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