• In 1630, as a votive offering for the city’s deliverance from the pestilence, the government of the Serenissima Republic of Venice decided to build a church dedicated to Our Lady of Health. The project was entrusted to the architect … Continue reading
• ….there was a city where kids were playing around “calli and campielli”, running up and down bridges; squares were easily turned into soccer fields, with cackling children running after a ball amid greengrocer kiosks and busy passers-by. I forgot … Continue reading
• As always at this time of year, the flow of tourists begins (thanks god!) to shrink and Venice regains, at least for some time, a less chaotic and noisy appearance. Venetians regain possession of their city starting again to go … Continue reading
• It takes few steps to get away from the noisy crush of tourists in S. Marco and Rialto and rediscover the charming venetian atmosphere we all know very well, made of silence and sound of footsteps in the distance. … Continue reading
• All of sudden in the backlight of a fairytale sunset in the enchanted lagoon of Venice, a very different profile from that of palaces and bridges appears to the astonished visitor…….. ⇒ Visit Imaginevenice.com
• Where else can you find a gondola turned into a bookshelf if not in the city that used to be for centuries the world capital of book printing? If you find yourself in Venice and one of your interests … Continue reading
• The view you can enjoy from Punta della Dogana is one of the most beautiful among the many that Venice can offer. Especially at the golden light of dusk, one can enjoy an unobstructed scenery starting from the island … Continue reading
• Grand Canal, Canal Grande or, as locals still call it nowadays, “il Canalazzo”. The famous waterway was once the commercial highway of Venice; ships coming from all major ports of the Mediterranean, loaded with spices from far East and other precious … Continue reading
• Like, I imagine, all those who visit Burano, I have often wondered about the reasons for its brightly colored houses, and the explanation seems to lie mostly in a legend. Here's how it, seemingly, went: the village was painted … Continue reading
• For those who have come to Venice in the past and remember the tranquility of visiting the city in those times, then the island of Burano is definitely the right place where to seek for some peace out of … Continue reading
• Via Garibaldi once used to be a canal until 1807, when it became an ally originally named Via Eugenia in honor of Eugene Beauharnais, the then French viceroy of Italy. It was only in 1866, when the Italian army … Continue reading
• This is a rather iconic and popular view of the gondolas moored just in front of Doge's Palace (see here I am not lying); having said that, I have to admit myself that despite the thousand times I have … Continue reading