Venice city guide, the events of the museums of Venice
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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This too is Venice: a sprinkle of snow along the quay of Saint Mark, the reflection of a languid ray
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Venice, as we know, was born and lives on water, a symbiosis that makes her appear a unique city worldwide.
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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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An absolute masterpiece – “Susanna and the elders” – is opening this issue in October. It is the tribute we
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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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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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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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Indeed, everything or almost in town speaks of architecture, and Venice is truly, of course, the city of architecture, although
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John Ruskin discovered Venice in one of the most difficult and tormented periods of its history, its downfall during the
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Easter day, a great Christian feast, is opening the month of April. A sort of welcome for spring and for
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A palace that appears to be emerging from water, its facade decorated with unmistakeable floral Gothic, an unmarred sign of
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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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Twilight in Piazzetta San Marco, a clear sky in the background lit by the first light of dawn… Venice, a
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We are opening this issue with the lights and golden reflections of a Christmas decoration, but most of all, we
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The languid gaze of two lovers, Rinaldo and Armida, the characters of a famous passage in Italian literature, the one
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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 An extraordinary parade of stars is foreseen in town these days: it is the Venetian September. Cinema,
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August… the holiday month par excellence. Those who have actually taken this vacation or a short holiday just need to
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A boy with a red tie, seated with his alert gaze trained on the artist. It is one of the
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