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Venice

Autorzy

  • kolektiv

Parametry

  • 464 strony
  • 17 godzin czytania

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This guide contains an encyclopaedic section on Venice, itineraries and a practical section, including addresses and telephone numbers, opening times of museums and details on hotels, restaurants, nightlife and shopping. The encyclopaedic section takes a look at the natural history of the Venetian Lagoon and archipelago; a detailed history of the Venetian Republic and its institutions; the Venetian language, furniture, costumes, fiestas, carnivals, regattas, gondolas; mosaics and gastronomy; 30 pages of hand-drawn architectural drawings of churches, bridges, palaces and belltowers; literature - Venice as seen by Goethe, Byron, Ruskin, James, Jan Morris; painting - Venice as seen by Turner, Renoir and Signac. The book also includes 11 detailed itineraries describing San Marco, the Grand Canal, Cannaregio, Castello, San Polo, Dorsoduro, Santa Croce, the Lido, Murano, Burano and Torcello, with 3 inserts presenting the Doge's Palace, the Basilica San Marco and the Venetian painting.

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Venice, kolektiv

Język
Rok wydania
1993
Oprawa
(miękka),
Stan książki
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Cena
15,98 zł

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Tytuł
Venice
Język
angielski
Autorzy
kolektiv
Rok wydania
1993
Oprawa
miękka
Liczba stron
464
ISBN10
1857158008
ISBN13
9781857158007
Seria
Opis
This guide contains an encyclopaedic section on Venice, itineraries and a practical section, including addresses and telephone numbers, opening times of museums and details on hotels, restaurants, nightlife and shopping. The encyclopaedic section takes a look at the natural history of the Venetian Lagoon and archipelago; a detailed history of the Venetian Republic and its institutions; the Venetian language, furniture, costumes, fiestas, carnivals, regattas, gondolas; mosaics and gastronomy; 30 pages of hand-drawn architectural drawings of churches, bridges, palaces and belltowers; literature - Venice as seen by Goethe, Byron, Ruskin, James, Jan Morris; painting - Venice as seen by Turner, Renoir and Signac. The book also includes 11 detailed itineraries describing San Marco, the Grand Canal, Cannaregio, Castello, San Polo, Dorsoduro, Santa Croce, the Lido, Murano, Burano and Torcello, with 3 inserts presenting the Doge's Palace, the Basilica San Marco and the Venetian painting.