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.
San Giorgio dei Greci: the leaning bell tower that tells the story of Venice’s foreign communities
San Giorgio dei Greci’s leaning bell tower marks a unique urban sign of Venice’s Greek Orthodox community,…
The Redentore on Giudecca: a church born from a vow and watched by the water
Built as a response to a devastating plague, the Redentore church stands prominently by the Giudecca Canal,…
Ca’ Pesaro: why modern art in Venice lives in a palace on the Grand Canal
Ca’ Pesaro stands as a Baroque palace that not only preserves Venice’s aristocratic past but also hosts a…
Palazzo Mocenigo: perfumes, textiles and noble life in the Venice of San Stae
Step inside Palazzo Mocenigo to explore how aristocratic textiles, perfumes, and furnishings vividly…
Fortuny Museum: fabrics, light and inventions in a Gothic palace off the most obvious route
Housed in a Gothic palace, the Fortuny Museum reveals the innovative spirit of Mariano Fortuny through…
Querini Stampalia: Carlo Scarpa, acqua alta and modern architecture inside a Venetian palazzo
Carlo Scarpa’s design at Querini Stampalia turns Venice’s acqua alta into a deliberate architectural element,…
