Venice, the 17th century, when La Serenissima was a maritime power, when the baroque was showing off its grandeur and exuberance in all the architecture, the paintings and the sculptures in the city, celebrating a flourishing age and when the nobility was building...
The connoisseurs , the lovers of “coolture tea” (a demanding and charmful elitist group) know that a perfect 5 o`clock (or a fairytale “apperitivo”), regardless of country, city, village, corner of the world, house where...
Can there be a more beautiful and interesting association between one of the most famous buildings in Venice and in the whole world, that had been burned down and rebuilt several times, and the exact name of Phoenix, the bird? A theatre which was...
Trifles make the sun of life. And the ecstasy is caused by delicate joys, miniature versions, most of the time, which make the happiness of life, if they are gathered. It will suffice to go up and down its streets full of fairytales, to take a look around and the wonders are right there, at ...
Jan Morris`s description of Serenissima in the novel “Venice”, with the endless lagoon before you and the sweet
melancholy of the onlooker who quietly gazes at the line which separates the magic of the city from...
Venice, with its blue sky and always crystal clear sea, in olden times when Europe was swallowed by the grey, the dark and the mist of the early Middle Ages. It`s the end of the 9th century, a vessel with a courageous crew brings back the remains of Saint Mark from ...
