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Plans for a Venetian-themed resort on the site were revisited in 1999. The project, named Disney's Grande Venezia Resort, was designed by Walt Disney Imagineering in conjunction with architectural firm Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo, the same firm that helped design the Grand Floridian. Like the Mediterranean Resort, the hotel was to rival the ...
The Venetian was designed by Stubbins Associates and Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo. The resort is themed after Venice and has replicas of numerous landmarks from the city, including a canal with gondola rides. The Venetian includes a 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m 2) casino and opened with 3,036 suites in a 35-story tower. A 12-story tower, the Venezia ...
Central wing of Hotel Danieli All three wings of Hotel Danieli, viewed from Saint Mark's Basin. The Hotel Danieli is a palatial five-star hotel in Venice, Italy. The central wing of the hotel was built as the Palazzo Dandolo at the end of the 14th century, by one of the Dandolo families. CNN cites it as one of the top five "lavish hotels" in ...
The walls were decorated with episodes of the Venetian history, with particular reference to the city's relations with the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire, while the ceiling was decorated with the Virtues and individual examples of Venetian heroism, and a central panel containing an allegorical glorification of the Republic. Facing each other ...
On 14 May 1509, Venice was crushingly defeated at the battle of Agnadello, in the Ghiara d'Adda, marking one of the most delicate points in Venetian history. French and imperial troops were occupying Veneto, but Venice managed to extricate itself through diplomatic efforts.
A History of Venice. New York, Vintage Books ISBN 0-679-72197-5; Buckley, Jonathan. "The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto" retrieved 3 October 2007; Tiepolo, Maria Francesca. 2002. "I Greci nella Cancelleria veneziana: Giovanni Dario", I Greci a Venezia: Atti del convegno internazionale di studio, 5–7 November 1998. Venice. 257-314.
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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]).