La Corte Sconta detta Arcana

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Besides lush palaces and quiet canals, there are many places in Venice that are wrapped in legends, stories and fantasy. La Corte Botera, or, as Hugo Pratt labelled it in one of the episodes of his Corto Maltese (graphic novel/animation) la Corte Sconta detta Arcana is one of them. In…
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Staycations

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"Making the familiar strange", we say in anthropology - looking at known places as if they were new. Not easy, although the emptiness in this post lockdown Venice helps at the moment - at least by removing the masses of tourists from the sight. But another way of doing this…
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Still empty, Venice

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First trip after the lockdown has started to be lifted, at stages. Now fortunately staying in second homes within the region is allowed. But Venice feels like such a different city. Sadly beautiful: rethinking at the many times I thought the number of tourists should be regulated and reduced while…
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