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 Giovanni in Bragora: Vivaldi’s baptism and the quiet of Castello away from the large crowds
San Giovanni in Bragora reveals a quieter Venice where Vivaldi’s baptism connects with everyday parish life,…
San Nicolò dei Mendicoli: one of the oldest churches where Venice still seems like an outskirts
San Nicolò dei Mendicoli embodies a Venice of margins and community, where the ancient church and its…
Angelo Raffaele: Tobias, the dog and a Dorsoduro church with an almost narrative tone
Tucked away in quiet Dorsoduro, Angelo Raffaele church invites visitors to experience the biblical story of…
The Scuola Grande dei Carmini: clouds, angels and Venetian painting above a hidden hall
Behind a modest façade, Tiepolo’s ceiling in the Carmini hall lifts viewers into a celestial scene of clouds,…
Santa Maria dei Carmini: the Tiepolo ceiling that many miss while rushing toward Dorsoduro
Tucked away near Campo Santa Margherita, Santa Maria dei Carmini houses Tiepolo’s stunning confraternal…
Italic type was also born here: Venice, publishing and typefaces that changed the way people read
Venice transformed the book with italic type and portable formats, crafted by Aldus Manutius and Francesco…
