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Increasingly, one or more images are circulating together with writings, which are intended to give a precise meaning to the shape in which the so-called gondola iron is forged, more appropriately ferro da prùa, which is positioned at the front of…

Venice June 1509. How was the Serenissima in the midst of a very bloody war? Let us not forget to focus on the fact that it was a real metropolis, also full of outsiders, comparable to the New York of today. Do you remember the figures I reported…

Zanetta Farussi was actually called Maria Giovanna Farussi or Farusso; however, she was nicknamed la Buranela. She was beautiful, talented, but also frivolous and selfish. She was married, but had numerous lovers, friends and protectors. A theatre…

The shape of Venice, reminiscent of a fish, is a group of islands and islets connected by bridges, the city's real connecting links: It is thanks to them that we can enjoy an extensive pedestrian area where we can easily walk from one neighbourhood…

In a city like Venice, constantly under attack from the sea and its high waters, as well as from uncontrolled building, green areas and natural oases are a precious heritage that cannot be sacrificed but, on the contrary, must be protected with…

It is called the Overview Effect and is a change in awareness experienced by astronauts and cosmonauts during their space flights, especially when orbiting the Earth, or from a lunar viewpoint. It is the awareness of living on a fragile planet,…

The Azteca ants (Azteca alfari) are a species living in the subtropical regions of the Americas, intimately linked to the Cecropia, a tree that inhabits those latitudes: the tree feeds them and offers them shelter, and they aggressively defend its…

Venice still remains a wonderful city of sea and lagoon, whose umbilical cord and vital link with its natural element still remains firmly anchored. The sea, the tides, the lagoon and the moon mark the life of Venetians, thus influencing the spirit…

Madrid is the home of the Prado Museum (which is already 200 years old) and COP25 Chile (COP stands for Conference of the Parties, the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -UNFCCC-), which was…

Can art help us gain a deeper understanding of things we can't see more clearly? The short answer is: yes. At the Art for Tomorrow 2024 event (an annual conference organized by The Democracy & Culture Foundation), which took place in June at…

In its over a thousand years, 120 Doges have alternated to the government of the Republic of San Marco who, with the institution of the Ducal Promission (1192) and from the end of the 13th century, were elected with a complicated procedure by the…

The word biodiversity is now a much more widely used term, partly due to a greater common ecological awareness. Understanding biodiversity and the importance of its preservation is, on the other hand, a lesser known theme, in all its complexity.…