The “Health” rite and the MoSE, the city’s defence
The “Health” rite and the MoSE, the city’s defence Taking a leap through time… It has always been mankind’s dream.
...segueThe “Health” rite and the MoSE, the city’s defence Taking a leap through time… It has always been mankind’s dream.
...segue125 years of history. Two world conflicts, social and political upheavals such as the ones during 1968, the collapse of
...segueIf Venice is the Biennale. It is equally true that the Biennale is Venice. Indeed, there is no doubt. If,
...segueA gondola sliding lightly amongst ancient gateways, once elegant entrances for noble palaces. The faint murmuring of the water, slightly
...segueIl Palazzo Ducale di Venezia da luglio aumenta i giorni di apertura. È infatti, oltre che al venerdì il sabato
...segueMartedì 2 giugno, Festa della Repubblica Italiana, la Collezione Peggy Guggenheim riapre la porte al pubblico con ingresso gratuito dalle
...segueThe outline of an ancient doorway and a fondamenta with its scenes of lifeÉ a gondola with its felze hood,
...segueHere is February, and with it, inevitably, so is Carnival too. It has always been so, in Venice. At one
...segueAncient stones, colonnades, marbles and friezes smoothed by time… A sumptuous portal bearing the symbols of an ancient power, linking
...segueAn image of a festive Venice is opening this December issue: it is the end-of-year concert which the city, represented
...segueThere are some paintings which vanish into the vicissitudes of history and then resurface after centuries. Often, however, research by
...segueA palace in white Istrian stone nestling on the water… Its vertical development seems to have been disrupted, or rather, it has always been like this. It is Ca’ Venier dei Leoni, for everybody, Peggy Guggenheim’s palace. Its ever-unmistakeable image has become iconic by now, just like that of its last owner, the eccentric American collector, the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim (who died on the Titanic in 1912).
...segueAn extraordinary month, such as few cities worldwide are able to offer, to be wholly discovered and experienced: it is September in Venice. This is the most sought-after period of the year, not only due to the mildness of its climate, favouring a pleasant stay in the lagoon, but also to the important series of events traditionally featured now in town for its Guests. We shall begin as usual with the Venice international Film Festival or, more correctly, with the Mostra internazionale d’Arte cinematografica di Venezia, at the moment, one of the most awaited events within its ambit.
...segueDistinguished by a social fabric still full of the spontaneity often erased by extensive tourist footfall, Burano, like the other islands in the lagoon, is a pleasant and relaxing destination nowadays. Its throbbing heart is the Baldassare Galuppi Square (named after a well-known composer born on the is-land) where the church and characteristic leaning bell-tower may be found, and from where little crafts shops and enticing trattorias spread outwards. Once the visit is over, one may embark in the direction of another true gem of the lagoon, the island of Torcello, once the ancient capital of the lagoon. Here, one may admire the relics of what used to be a large town and of the last buildings that have withstood the brunt of history: the cathedral, the church of Santa Fosca, the mediaeval tower, the Devil’s bridge and finally, what legend has handed down to us as Attila’s throne. On Ferragosto day (15 August), the Assumption Fête, the most important event of the year, takes place in Torcello.
...segueSummer, the full season, has finally arrived. A festive, holidaying desire, is perceived in the air, just as that feeling
...segue“May you live in interesting times”… is how the Biennale is inviting us, or perhaps, even better, wishing us to
...segue…“So, along with the contemporaneity of what exists, there is the contemporaneity of what has existed and continues to live.”
...segueA stylised red rosebud on the paving in Saint Mark’s Square. It is the symbolic image we have chosen for
...segueTwo 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.
...segueThis too is Venice: a sprinkle of snow along the quay of Saint Mark, the reflection of a languid ray
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