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The rise of Venice to become the great emporium for the West’s trade with the East was closely connected with the Byzantine recovery; culturally, Venice was really an outpost of the great metropolis at Constantinople – as its architecture revealed.
John Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
Venice Gems (Hidden + Bright)
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Honestly you could just spend your entire time sipping Americanos (booze or reg) in any square, pero here are some tops….
View of the Riva Degli Schiavoni and the Piazzetta,
Natalie Dykstra • Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
Allen Farrington • 3 highlights
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$$ Riomaggiore
Rick Steves • Rick Steves Italy 2015
Going to Italy in July.
Venice, Florence, Rome and Positano.
Drop me your recs 🙏🙏
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