Come April, the grand Venetian season
A stylised red rosebud on the paving in Saint Mark’s Square. It is the symbolic image we have chosen for
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In copertina
Canaletto and Venice | a story continuing
It was about 1727, Antonio Canal was turning thirty. A scion of art – his father painted stage-sets – he
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Carnival’s coming!
Two masks are posing on Saint Mark’s quay, with the basin and the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in the background. Carnivals worldwide are many, but Venice’s is unique and unmistakeable. And there is no need to explain it, its history in the first place and then the scenery it takes place in, a city, quite simply, which time has not changed.
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Venice in the winter
This too is Venice: a sprinkle of snow along the quay of Saint Mark, the reflection of a languid ray
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Christmas Atmospheres
Venice, as we know, was born and lives on water, a symbiosis that makes her appear a unique city worldwide.
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“The Salute”, a yet living rite
Veduta della Basilica della Salute di Venezia, un opera di Baldassarre Longhena voluta dal Doge Nicolò Contarini per intercedere con la Vergine Maria affinché ponesse fine al flagello della peste
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Tintoretto, the event of the year
An absolute masterpiece – “Susanna and the elders” – is opening this issue in October. It is the tribute we
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September, superstar!
It is well-known… a “Venetian September” is unmissable. So many occasions never present themselves around the year, for accompanying the
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The Lido and its beach…
A small veranda sheltered from the glaring sun, a sun-bed on the golden sand, the sea for a refreshing swim.
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Peggy Guggenheim and… modern Art
An iconic image is opening this issue of A Guest in Venice. A woman seems to be springing aloft to reach
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The Biennale with Architecture and Dance, but not only
Indeed, everything or almost in town speaks of architecture, and Venice is truly, of course, the city of architecture, although
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May with Ruskin, Albers, the Biennale and the Vogalonga
John Ruskin discovered Venice in one of the most difficult and tormented periods of its history, its downfall during the
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“The good season” is kicking-off
Easter day, a great Christian feast, is opening the month of April. A sort of welcome for spring and for
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Ca’ Foscari is 150 years old
A palace that appears to be emerging from water, its facade decorated with unmistakeable floral Gothic, an unmarred sign of
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Carnival seen as “Play”
The colours and opulence of this great festivity, jn the multi-coloured folds of its robes… in the background, enveloped in
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Winter magic (and opportunities)
Twilight in Piazzetta San Marco, a clear sky in the background lit by the first light of dawn… Venice, a
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A Venetian Christmas
We are opening this issue with the lights and golden reflections of a Christmas decoration, but most of all, we
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November between art and tradition
The languid gaze of two lovers, Rinaldo and Armida, the characters of a famous passage in Italian literature, the one
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On a gondola, but not only…
A gondola gliding amongst ancient stones over the languid waters of a Venetian canal… It is one of the many
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A starred September
A starred September An extraordinary parade of stars is foreseen in town these days: it is the Venetian September. Cinema,
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