9 things to read today
Ponte dei Sospiri
In the past, prisoners in chains coming out of the court crossed this bridge to go towards their cells and, sighing and lowering their heads, would have been able to see their final glimpses of life and freedom before...
Coronavirus: we’re in a real-time laboratory of a more sustainable urban future
A pause has been forced on urban life. Quiet roads, empty skies, deserted high streets and parks, closed cinemas, cafés and museums – a break in the spending and work frenzy so familiar to us all. The reality of...
Lazzaretto vecchio
Initially a place of worship and reception for crusaders and pilgrims returning from Holy Land, it then became the first public hospital in the world as well as a place of cutting-edge techniques for the prevention of...
A face covered with a black mask: the Moretta (The mute mask)
A mask typically of the fairer sex, particularly appreciated by men for its characteristic of not allowing the wearer to speak. What pleased the women, however, was certainly the aura of mystery and the anonymity that...
Campo San Geremia
Field of considerable size, where bull hunts once took place. Today, four wells hold up against time, one of which has a fountain.
The new IPCC special report about the oceans and the cryosphere in climate change is on its way
Dedicated to mountain, polar, coastal, oceanic ecosystems and the consequent impact of changes on human life, the report should be launched on 25 September 2019.
Museo di Torcello
The Torcello Museum narrates the thousand year old history of the island and its relationship with the hinterland and Venice through the three sections: the Archaeological, Medieval and Modern. It is housed in two...
