A journey through time in and around Venice, from its legendary origins and foundation to MOSE, the current defence system against the now famous 'high waters' of the lagoon. Splendid images, works of art and curious glances at the world's most unique and beloved city accompany the journey.
Universally recognised as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Venice does not cease to amaze even when retracing its many years of life: a history more than a thousand years old on its shoulders, but carried well.
In the events recounted in this work, the adventures and travails of Venice unfold like a film: the dark beginnings, the internal organisation, the struggles with pirates, the vicissitudes in Greece and the Orient, the sea storms, the tourist invasion, the sea defences.
All these events have shaped the city's very special physiognomy: a small city, but one that has always been a bastion of intellectual and religious freedom, rich in artists, poets, craftsmen and enlightened minds that have shaped its beauty.
A history that continues to be lived.
A journey through time in and around Venice, from its legendary origins and foundation to MOSE, the current defence system against the now famous 'high waters' of the lagoon. Splendid images, works of art and curious glances at the world's most unique and beloved city accompany the journey.
Universally recognised as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Venice does not cease to amaze even when retracing its many years of life: a history more than a thousand years old on its shoulders, but carried well.
In the events recounted in this work, the adventures and travails of Venice unfold like a film: the dark beginnings, the internal organisation, the struggles with pirates, the vicissitudes in Greece and the Orient, the sea storms, the tourist invasion, the sea defences.
All these events have shaped the city's very special physiognomy: a small city, but one that has always been a bastion of intellectual and religious freedom, rich in artists, poets, craftsmen and enlightened minds that have shaped its beauty.
A history that continues to be lived.
- Introduction
- Origins
- The Foundation
- The Dominant
- The Crusades and the East
- Genoa
- Political Organisation
- The Land State
- The Turks
- Alone in Europe
- The Collapse of Trade
- Against the Habsburgs and the Turks
- The Great Serenissima
- Between Papacy and European States
- Battles in Greece
- The Decline
- End of the Republic
- In the hands of the foreigner
- Italian Venice
- Events to remember
- The Tourist Invasion
- High waters and great calamities
- MoSE: salvation or failure?
- Essential Bibliography
Venetian, passionate about history and local customs, formerly an official of a national library, he was the director of a Venetian publishing house. He collaborates with various associations involved in the dissemination and preservation of the history, art and culture of Venice and the Veneto region.
He has published: Breve storia di Venezia (Rome, Newton & Compton, 1997), Guida insolita ai misteri, ai segreti, alle leggende e alle curiosità del Veneto (Rome, Newton & Compton, 2011), Le barche della laguna (Venice, Supernova, 2014), Detti e modi di dire veneziani. Libro-agenda (Venice, Venipedia, 2018).
He is co-author in Guida insolita ai misteri, ai segreti, alle leggende e alle curiosità di Venezia (Rome, Newton & Compton, 2001-2015) and Venise. Histoire, promenades, anthologie & dictionnaire, (Paris, Robert Laffont, 2016)
He has collaborated on several works dedicated to Venice, including: Il gondoliere e la sua gondola (Venice, EVI, 1979) I cavalli di Venezia (Venice, EVI, 1972), La chiesa di San Giovanni in Bragora (Venice, EVI, 1981),.
He edited the ebook edition of: Eugenio Vittoria, Detti Veneziani, ovvero a Venezia si dice ancora così,Venezia, 2012; Giacinto Gallina, El moroso de la nona, Venezia, 2013; Luigi Girardi, Novella originale contemporanea,Venezia, 2013.
He edited the re-editions of: Marcantonio Sabellico, Del sito di Vinegia. La più antica guida di Venezia, (Venice, Venipedia, 2016); Alexandre Martin, Manuale del dilettante del caffè, (Venice, Venipedia, 2020).
Page 29, line 5.
The sentence:
In the year 810 the troops of Pippin, son of Charlemagne and called 'Pippin the Short', reached as far as Grado, conquering it and destroying Jesolo and Novigrad.
Become:
In the year 810 the troops of Pipin, son of Charlemagne, arrived as far as Grado, conquering it and destroying Jesolo and Novigrad.