Items related to SECRET VENICE LAGOON ('Secret' guides)

SECRET VENICE LAGOON ('Secret' guides) - Softcover

Rigoni, Riccardo Roiter

 
9782361958787: SECRET VENICE LAGOON ('Secret' guides)

Synopsis

The stone face that can only be seen through a mirror, a circular watertight and fireproof library, a Madonna in a green cloak, the museum-workshop where you feel as if you've stepped back in time, the remains of a monastery in a private garden, a telemetry tower resembling a coffee machine, the hull of a boat inside a church, the planetarium of a former Luna Park, a bailing machine from the late 19th century that is still in working order, Father Christmas between Burano and New York, a pontoon and a swing bridge, the second largest museum in the world dedicated to pigs, the place in the lagoon where a famous artist retired, a shark named Olivia, a small military ossuary inside a park, the charm of hunting and fishing casoni, a stone cross hidden in the undergrowth, old English cannons used as bollards, the incredible mechanism of a medieval clock...

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Riccardo Roiter Rigoni has been a professional photographer and writer since 2001. His multilayered personality means he has multiple interests. He is the author of several photo books – Venezia Sensation (Granviale Editori, 2008), Venezia momenti senza tempo (Marcianum Press, 2012) and Il mare d’inverno esiste davvero (Duck Edizioni, 2016) – and a novel, Come la luna alle porte. dell’alba (Duck Edizioni, 2019).

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Far from the crowds and the usual clichés, the Venice lagoon is still a reserve of well-concealed treasures only revealed to those who know how to wander off the beaten track.

An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew the lagoon well, or want to discover the hidden face of the surroundings of Venice.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.