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The city is a particularly popular setting for essays, novels, and other works of fictional or non-fictional literature. Examples of these include: Aretino's works (1492–1556) Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice (c. 1596–1598) and Othello (1603). Ben Jonson's Volpone (1605–6). Casanova's autobiographical History of My Life c. 1789–1797.
The Colosseum in Rome, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world The city of Venice, ranked many times as the most beautiful city in the world [1] [2] The Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence by Filippo Brunelleschi, which has the largest brick dome in the world, [3] [4] and is considered a masterpiece of world architecture The Sassi di Matera have been described by Fodor ...
Louis Begley's essay is on the city's place within world literature and discusses works of Henry James, Marcel Proust and Thomas Mann that are set in Venice. Begley's story is about a young man's frustrating love affair in Venice. Originally written in German and French, the authors revised the English edition, adding extra material.
Visitors to Venice will have to pay for an entry fee after the Italian city became the first in the world to introduce a charging system for tourists.
Venice (1960) is a celebrated book by the Welsh author Jan Morris (1926-2020) on the history, culture and meaning of Venice, Italy.It won the 1961 Heinemann Award, became an international best-seller and was cited as one of The Guardian ’s top 100 non-fiction books in 2011 (the endorsement read: "An eccentric but learned guide to the great city's art, history, culture and people" [1] [2]).
On Dec. 7 at North Henderson High School, 11th grader Citlally Diaz, 17, was honored for winning one of just four $3,000 scholarship grand prize awards out of thousands of entries across the country.
The Republic of Venice was active in the production and trading of salt, salted products, and other products along trade routes established by the salt trade. Venice produced its own salt at Chioggia by the seventh century for trade, but eventually moved on to buying and establishing salt production throughout the Eastern Mediterranean ...
The Venice Biennale was first held in 1895 and takes place every other year, with each country having their own pavilion (the Vatican is the world’s smallest sovereign territory).