Venice : the remarkable history of the lagoon city
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Published
Oxford ; Oxford University Press, [2024].
Physical Desc
775 pages 24 cm
Status
Nonfiction - Adult Books
945.311 ROM
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945.311 ROM
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Published
Oxford ; Oxford University Press, [2024].
Format
Book
Street Date
2401
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging from the waters of the Grand Canal to the dazzling sites of Piazza San Marco, visitors and residents alike sense they are entering, as fourteenth-century poet Petrarch remarked, "another world." During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Venice was celebrated as a model republic in an age of monarchs. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it became famous for its freewheeling lifestyle characterized by courtesans, casinos, and Carnival"--,Provided by publisher.
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