Posts Tagged ‘Venice’

Italy Within The Frame – Day 9 – Burano

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Burano is a small island on the outer reaches of the Venetian Archipelago that few people bother to visit. The nearer and more famous island of Murano with its tradition of glass blowing and the manufacture of its distinctive colored glass objects d’arts, seems to be more of a magnet for the tides of tourists [...]


Italy Within The Frame-Day 8-Venice

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Venice is a city in trouble. Few of us will have failed to read over the years the stories that Venice is sinking. This once grand trading city state, that dominated merchant trading for centuries, and yet has manged to retain much of its medieval and renaissance character today, is fighting a losing battle against [...]