Palace for wonders of the world
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...
Rising from its ashes
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...
Danieli Hotel - A beginning of a novel in Venice
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...
Travel guide Venice - “The most dangerous” of all the beauties in the world
Romantic stories, with extraordinary characters in remarkable situations are on top of my “guilty pleasures” list, which I relish without feeling a pang of remorse. Well, the spectacular story of the gorgeous courtesan, Veronica Marco, who fascinated the...
