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The courtyard of the Miracles
In 1630, commercial ships coming from the East brought the plague to Venice or maybe, according to popular belief, it was an ambassador of the Duke of Mantova Carlo I…
Campo San Maurizio Market
Passing through the stalls of the Antiques Market in Campo San Maurizio is like visiting an old attic and rummaging through dusty trunks, it is like opening heavy drawers to…
Cini Palace and Its Treasures
Near San Vio, you can find Cini Palace and the gallery of the same name, a treasure, which was opened only to a close circle of historians of art for…
Water and food in Venice
With the exhibition Water and food in Venice, the Doge’s Apartment in the Doge’s Palace opens its doors again and presents paintings, documents from the historical archive, maps, and scale…
Street Food at Gislon’s
The Deli Gislon, best known as the “Deli in Sotoportego della Bissa”, is a Venetian historic venue that opened in the 30s and has been run by Tommaso Annicchiarico, Giorgio…
Romantics in Venice
The French presence has always brought charm and elegance to our city, especially in the last decades, thanks to specific actions and huge investments made for protecting and enhancing the…
Venice and the Big Cruise ships
The twenty-seven highly dramatic photos, Venice and the Big Cruise ships by Gianni Berengo Gardin, represent an act of love to one of the most beautiful but also one of…
Fulvio Bianconi or, in other words, the fabulous 50s of glass art
Did you know that glass art had its “fabulous 50s period”, too? And that one of its main protagonists was Fulvio Bianconi, a famous graphic designer? After Carlo Scarpa, Napoleone…
This weekend in Venice
Two first edition contests will bring freshness, current events and new talents to Venice this Friday 11 September, at the end of #Venezia72. Human rights and freedom are the main…
Jackson Pollock. Mural painting, energy made visible
After the amazing exhibition focussing on the incredible restauration of what it is considered to be maybe the most famous work by Jackson Pollock, Alchemy, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection goes…
Orto dei Mori
Osteria L’Orto dei Mori is a really pleasant tavern. It is located between the Church of Madonna dell’Orto and Fondamenta della Misericordia, in the heart of Venice, an area where…
Proportio / Palazzo Fortuny
Do you remember the old saying “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”? Is it a universal truth or just a good excuse to defend your own or somebody…
Casa Flora Design-Apart: Part 1
Proud to present the video about the design phase of Casa Flora Project!We worked in partnership with Design-Apart, some International design students and the best of Italian manufactures to design…