Venice to tourists: Behave; Conservationists urging throngs of visitors to...

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 17, 2007 ;   Colleen Barry;   678 words ......France and Italy. In Venice, the emergency is...its geography -- a city built on marshy land...with them. By now, Venice is a city without a low season...the Safeguarding of Venice. "It is an important resource for the city, of course, but it...

Venice; The invincible city

The Washington Post;  September 18, 2005 ;   Jonathan Yardley;   787 words ......heart from the city in the sea. For 1,500 years the city of floods, Venice has survived them...as he arrived in Venice, Berendt was hoping...enjoyable stay in a city he loves; surely...ramblings through the city, Ludovico De Luigi, "Venice's leading artist...

The indomitable city of Venice has lessons for us about surviving...

The Washington Post;  September 18, 2005 ;   Jonathan Yardley;   787 words ......Surely as he arrived in Venice, Berendt was hoping...enjoyable stay in a city he loves; surely he...ramblings through the city, Ludovico De Luigi, "Venice's leading artist provocateur...have a clear view of Venice as a functioning city" but also a time that...

Those Eyes! If you're on the prowl in Venice, the city's maskmakers have...

The Washington Post;  January 18, 1998 ;   James T. Yenckel;   787 words ......like the people of Venice once did." Indeed, during the heyday of the city's carnival in the 18th...earlier centuries, Venice was a city divided by rigid social...made it to Carnival in Venice, but even in fall the city's ubiquitous masks...

MOODY'S PUBLISHES NEW REPORT ON CITY OF VENICE

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  June 10, 2008 ;     391 words ...The City of Venice's Aa2 issuer and debt ratings,with...says in its annual credit report on Venice."The city has successfully managed its rigid...company Casin SpA. Aunique feature of the City of Venice, its casino tax, grants Venicegreater...

Venice: City of canals

Soldiers;  December 1, 1997 ;   Hasenauer, Heike;   645 words ......who defied the sea, Venice has been called "the most beautiful city in the world." Italians...Buses and cars enter Venice's city center, Piazzale...information on the city and its sights, contact...travel office or visit Venice via the World Wide...

In Venice, food is true art; Seafood delights prized in city famed for...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 24, 2005 ;   MARY-LIZ SHAW;   787 words ......all the beauties of Venice Tintorettos, Titians and gondolas the city can be overlooked as...picturesque Veneto city of Treviso, northwest of Venice. It is shaped like...are staples in the city of Venice, whose boundaries coincidentally...

Venice: the tourist maze: a cultural critique of the world's most...

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute;  September 1, 2005 ;   Macleod, Donald V.L.;   731 words ......GARRY R. MARVIN. Venice: the tourist maze...s most touristed city. xi, 360 pp., maps...notion is promoted of Venice as a city being hollowed out...inhabitants is no city at all; without its vital human element, Venice is indeed what he...

Riding the 'Underwater'.(Venice mayor plans subway for city)(Brief...

Newsweek International;  January 28, 2002 ;   Nadeau, Barbie;   441 words ......repaired. All this, say city planners, will allow Venice to build a subway...could somehow cause Venice's waters to rise...further, or damage the city in other unanticipated...surprisingly, the city's chief spokes-man...such naysaying: Venice will have its subway...

The floods are beautiful, wish you were here: Determined to find a living...

The Christian Science Monitor;  August 29, 2002 ;     784 words ......and the evolution of Venice from a glamorous city of trade to a troubled...Determined to find a living Venice beneath the city's dying, museum-like...discreet sections of the city. And the floods, or...welcome rhythm of life in Venice. Also, because everyone...

Lose yourself in Venice: Waterbound city's streets are off the straight,...

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  August 21, 2005 ;   Howard Shapiro;   787 words ......it. When you're in Venice, throw away your...won't ever need it. Venice - a city without cars or trucks...how to get there, Venice is made for getting...walk into another city by mistake. Virtually...indiscernible circles? Well, Venice can be like that, too - but it's a real ...

Alas, that's the way the city crumbles Brutal repairs are destroying the...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  September 8, 2002 ;   GILES WORSLEY;   787 words ......is apartments in Venice. For those seeking...Europe's most exotic city is an irresistible...a canal at night, Venice is a city without peer. For...weekend homes in Venice. Now, thanks partly...has made a study of Venice's vernacular buildings...eye-opening tour of the city. ...

Death of Venice? Tourists pour in as residents head out Some fear the city...

International Herald Tribune;  September 30, 2006 ;   Elisabetta Povoledo;   787 words ......meaningful to talk about Venice as a city anymore,'' said Robert...University. ''The city is basically already...a co-author of ''Venice: The Tourist Maze...the depopulation of city centers is a problem...places. But because Venice is identified as...

Venice? It takes a poet to do it justice... It's the city that's inspired...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  December 18, 2004 ;     787 words ......Even before we arrived in Venice, I had swarming through my...those writers who loved the city and variously draped or pelted...mixture - it's in The Merchant Of Venice, with its extravagant loans...the Romantic poets came to Venice, the great monuments were an...boyhood, Byron had thought of ...

Venice Reconsidered: the History and Civilization of an Italian...

Canadian Journal of History;  December 1, 2002 ;   Eisenbichler, Konrad;   787 words ......formulation of the myth of Venice. After examining...nature's dangers. The city's constant effort...that, echoing the city's own physical dualism...His case study is Venice after the disastrous...in her article on Venice in the wake of Agnadello...metamorphosis of the city's ...