The Lido of the Film Festival: hotels, avenues and twentieth-century memory without the red carpet
The Lido at the Film Festival reveals an urban landscape where holidaying, cinema, and modernity converge beyond the red carpet, showing a nuanced Venice shaped by architecture and everyday life.
Ponte della Costituzione: the contemporary bridge that Venice has never stopped discussing
The Ponte della Costituzione challenges Venice’s historic landscape with contemporary design while sparking…
Santa Maria della Visitazione: the small church of the Zattere before the more famous Gesuati
Santa Maria della Visitazione stands quietly along the Zattere, revealing the early presence of the Gesuati…
San Barnaba in Dorsoduro: from neighborhood church to film set without losing its campo
San Barnaba blends everyday Venetian life with cinematic fame, remaining a neighborhood church and a lively…
San Trovaso beyond the squero: Dorsoduro’s double church between two façades and two entrances
San Trovaso’s unique double façades reflect Venice’s social geography, separating rival factions and blending…
San Lio: a passage church for understanding Venice between Rialto and San Marco
San Lio reveals Venice’s dense urban fabric between Rialto and San Marco, blending everyday life, art, and…
San Zanipolo: doges, funerary monuments and a basilica that seems to tell of power after death
San Zanipolo in Venice is more than a Gothic basilica; it’s a stone archive where doges’ tombs become…
