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Article on the exhibition held in Venice, at Ca' Pesaro "Sulle tracce della Via della Seta". Il Sore 24 Ore. 31 October 2012. Article on the exhibition in Rome, at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni; La battaglia di Fantina Polo YouTube video State Archives of Venice, Ministry of Culture edited by Dr. Alessandra Schiavon State archivist
Compared to the Renaissance architecture of other Italian cities, in Venice there was a degree of conservatism, especially in retaining the overall form of buildings, which in the city were usually replacements on a confined site, and in windows, where arched or round tops, sometimes with a classicized version of the tracery of Venetian Gothic architecture, remained far more heavily used than ...
The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was bestowed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri", [2] [3] from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.
Carnival of Venice Festa del Redentore The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. [217] The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia) is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy. The carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday (Martedì Grasso or Mardi Gras), which is the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. The ...
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Francesco's Venice is a four-part BBC television documentary series hosted by Francesco da Mosto and first broadcast on BBC2 in 2004. The series follows da Mosto as he explores the history of Venice, beginning with its creation in the 5th century and concluding in the modern era. Each episode focuses upon a certain area of Venetian history ...
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Venice appears as a fighting arena in the first Tekken game released on the PlayStation. Venice is a multiplayer level in Free Radical Design's TimeSplitters: Future Perfect. Venice appears in Core Design's Tomb Raider 2. Venice by Cryo Networks is a strategy game set in 16th century Venice; Venice is a casual game for Windows developed by Retro64