Venipedia

Universally recognised as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Venice never ceases to amaze, even when retracing the more than a thousand years of history carried on its shoulders. 

The adventures and vicissitudes of Venice’s past unfold like a cinematic epic: its obscure beginnings and internal organisation; its battles with pirates and struggles in Greece and the East, to devastating storms and the recent surge in tourism and construction of its sea defences. 

All these events have shaped its very distinctive appearance: a small city that has always been a stronghold for intellectual and religious freedom, teeming with artists, poets, artisans, and enlightened minds who have helped shape its beauty. 

It is a story that, after all, continues to be written. 

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The author: Maurizio Vittoria

A Venetian passionate about local history and traditions, Vittoria has served as both a functionary at the National Marciana Library and as a director of a Venetian publishing house. 

He has published: A Brief History of Venice (Rome, 1997), Guida insolita di Venezia, with M. Brusegan and A. Scarsella (Rome, 2001-2015), Guida insolita del Veneto (Rome, 2011), The boats of the lagoon (Venice, 2014), Detti e modi di dire veneziani. Book-agenda (Venice, 2018). Co-author of Venise. Histoire, promenades, anthologie & dictionnaire, (Paris, 2016).

He has contributed to: The gondolier and his gondola (Venice,1979), The Horses of Venice (Venice, 1972), The Church of San Giovanni in Bragora (Venice, 1981).

He has edited the ebook editions of: Eugenio Vittoria, Detti Veneziani, ovvero a Venezia si dice ancora così, (Venice, 2012); Giacinto Gallina, El moroso de la nona, Venice, 2013; Luigi Girardi, Novella originale contemporanea, Venice, 2013.

He has edited the reprints of: Marcantonio Sabellico, About the site of Vinegia. The oldest guide to Venice (Venice, 2016); Alexandre Martin, Coffee Amateur's Handbook (Venice, 2020).