Things Seen in Venice

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Travel & Geography

Authors: Laura Marie Ragg, Lonsdale Ragg In Year : 1920

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Things Seen in Venice

First Impressions
The Grand Canal
The Heart of Venice
Venice on Foot
The Lagoon
Fasts and Festivals
Varia

Venice, once among the most powerful states of the Western world, now a much-visited but still romantic city of canals, architecture and art. Most European cities have changed so much that a 1920 guidebook would be of little practical use, but not so Venice. Lonsdale and Laura Ragg were residents of the city - where Lonsdale was chaplain of St. George's English church from 1905 to 1909 - and they knew it well. Their guide brings its buildings and canals, its campi and its hidden campielli, to life in a surprisingly contemporary way. Try listening to Chapter 2 as your vaporetto chugs along the Grand Canal from the railway station to the Rialto bridge, only slightly faster than it would have done a hundred years ago! ( Phil Benson) Summary by Phil Benson