Download or read book Venetian Gardens written by Mariagrazia Dammicco and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional tour guide Mariagrazia Dammicco unlocks Venice's garden gates, allowing us access to hidden oases usually closed to the general public. This book invites the reader to explore 20 of Venice's secret gardens, ranging from private family havens to convents and sanctuaries.
Download or read book Secret Gardens in Venice written by Cristiana Moldi-Ravenna and published by Arsenale. This book was released on 1996 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are there gardens in Venice? In a city where water is the dominant factor and space is at a premium
Download or read book A Garden in Venice written by F. Eden and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Garden of Eden written by Annemette Fogh and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer Annemette Fogh stumbled across the abandoned Garden of Eden on the Venetian island of La Giudecca by accident. Intrigued by its locked wrought iron gate, and curious about this lost paradise, she set about discovering its magical past. The nine-
Download or read book The Gardens of Venice and the Veneto written by Jenny Condie and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gardens of Venice and the Veneto takes in a varied selection of gardens old and new, large and small, public and private. It ranges from tiny monastery gardens tucked away within the walls of Venice to grand palatial landscapes in the former marshes of the hinterland. The book is divided into five sections as well as a lively introduction which captures the rich history of this region. The first section will show the extraordinary gardens still to be found locked behind high walls in the city itself. Then Jenny Condie and Alex Ramsay wander through the more modest parts of the city where ordinary Venetians manage to grow flowers, fruit and vegetables in the most unlikely spots. Then it is out into the lagoon and wild gardens on marshy islands before turning inland to the grand Palladian villas and the Baroque splendours of villas like the Villa Barbarigo and the Villa Allegri Arvedi among many fine country residences of ancient families. All the gardens in the book can be reached within a day's expedition from Venice and practical information about access and advice on the best time of year to visit is included for all those open to the public.
Download or read book Secret Venice written by Thomas Jonglez and published by Editions Jonglez. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five years of research were needed to conceive this exceptional guide, which will allow all lovers of Venice and the Venetians themselves to start exploring the most extraordinary city in the world, away from the beaten path.
Download or read book A Table in Venice written by Skye McAlpine and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to cook traditional Italian dishes as well as reinvented favorites, and bring Venice to life in your kitchen with these 100 Northern Italian recipes. Traveling by gondola, enjoying creamy risi e bisi for lunch, splashing through streets that flood when the tide is high—this is everyday life for Skye McAlpine. She has lived in Venice for most of her life, moving there from London when she was six years old, and she’s learned from years of sharing meals with family and neighbors how to cook the Venetian way. Try your hand at Bigoli with Creamy Walnut Sauce, Scallops on the Shell with Pistachio Gratin, Grilled Radicchio with Pomegranate, and Chocolate and Amaretto Custard.
Download or read book The Garden of Eden A Secret Garden in Venice written by Annemette Fogh and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Secret Venice of Corto Maltese Fantastic and Hidden Itineraries written by Hugo Pratt and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Secret Garden written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
Download or read book Decorative Floors of Venice written by Tudy Sammartini and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the origins, symbols, and designs of interior and exterior decorative floors found in Venice, Italy.
Download or read book Venice written by Lydia Fasoli and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful, aspirational book offers a seductive vision of living and entertaining in the most elegantly appointed private interiors of Venice. For centuries, millions have succumbed to the magic of Venice, but few have been able to venture into its sumptuous private spaces. This book invites us into the extravagant interiors and secret gardens via a tour of the grand apartments and private homes where Venetians have forged an inspiring approach to living and entertaining in grand Old World style. This superbly photographed volume takes the reader behind the fabulous facades of Venice to explore its grand interiors and local cuisine. Featuring lively anecdotal text and stunning color photographs of private interiors otherwise not open to the public, and including recipes from Venice and the surrounding Veneto region, this beautifully illustrated volume is essential for anyone who has fantasized about living in one of the world’s most romantic cities. This is an enchanting volume for browsers, armchair tourists, and anyone interested in interior design.
Download or read book Venetian Chic written by Francesca Bortolotto Possati and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Venetian art connoisseur, interior designer, and hotelier Francesca Bortolotto Possati knows the intricacies of Venice. To have her as a guide is to experience firsthand her passion for the private side of the mythic city whose daily visitors outnumber its population. Join her to visit artists’ studios, elegant Venetian friends, and palaces’ secrets. Everywhere one wanders, a sense of history saturates the buildings and landscapes, harking back to the artists of the Renaissance and the chic masquerade balls of centuries past.The discerning eye of photographer Robyn Lea makes this book a revelation of the Venice of dreams, which will surely allow readers to see this iconic destination through new eyes.A sentimental foreword by Jeremy Irons perfectly complements this stunning volume.
Download or read book Best Kept Secrets of Venice written by Hugh Palmer and published by Flame Tree Press. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encompassing all six districts of Cannaregio, San Polo, Dorsoduro (including the Giudecca), Santa Croce, San Marco (including San Giorgio Maggiore) and Castello - "The Secrets of Venice" gives the reader a virtual tour of one of the most mesmerizing cities in the world. With stunning photography and informative text highlighting the well known sights as well as the more secret corners of the city, from the impressive Grand Canal and the opulent Saint Mark's Basilica to the legendarily romantic Bridge of Sighs and the unbelievably picturesque and winding network of narrow canals, be inspired to visit or celebrate this wonderful city.
Download or read book Palaces in the Night written by Margaret F. MacDonald and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Palaces in the Night", MacDonald looks at a key period in James Whistler's career, examining his unique vision of Venice and his development of the medium of etching. 120 illustrations.
Download or read book The Secret World written by Christopher Andrew and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 1019 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A comprehensive exploration of spying in its myriad forms from the Bible to the present day . . . Easy to dip into, and surprisingly funny.” —Ben Macintyre in The New York Times Book Review The history of espionage is far older than any of today’s intelligence agencies, yet largely forgotten. The codebreakers at Bletchley Park, the most successful WWII intelligence agency, were completely unaware that their predecessors had broken the codes of Napoleon during the Napoleonic wars and those of Spain before the Spanish Armada. Those who do not understand past mistakes are likely to repeat them. Intelligence is a prime example. At the outbreak of WWI, the grasp of intelligence shown by US President Woodrow Wilson and British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith was not in the same class as that of George Washington during the Revolutionary War and eighteenth-century British statesmen. In the first global history of espionage ever written, distinguished historian and New York Times–bestselling author Christopher Andrew recovers much of the lost intelligence history of the past three millennia—and shows us its continuing relevance. “Accurate, comprehensive, digestible and startling . . . a stellar achievement.” —Edward Lucas, The Times “For anyone with a taste for wide-ranging and shrewdly gossipy history—or, for that matter, for anyone with a taste for spy stories—Andrew’s is one of the most entertaining books of the past few years.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “Remarkable for its scope and delightful for its unpredictable comparisons . . . there are important lessons for spymasters everywhere in this breathtaking and brilliant book.” —Richard J. Aldrich, Times Literary Supplement “Fans of Fleming and Furst will delight in this skillfully related true-fact side of the story.” —Kirkus Reviews “A crowning triumph of one of the most adventurous scholars of the security world.” —Financial Times Includes illustrations
Download or read book Winter Garden written by Kristin Hannah and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn't know her mother? From the author of the smash-hit bestseller Firefly Lane and True Colors comes Kristin Hannah's powerful, heartbreaking novel that illuminates the intricate mother-daughter bond and explores the enduring links between the present and the past. Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters. As children, the only connection between them was the Russian fairy tale Anya sometimes told the girls at night. On his deathbed, their father extracts a promise from the women in his life: the fairy tale will be told one last time—and all the way to the end. Thus begins an unexpected journey into the truth of Anya's life in war-torn Leningrad, more than five decades ago. Alternating between the past and present, Meredith and Nina will finally hear the singular, harrowing story of their mother's life, and what they learn is a secret so terrible and terrifying that it will shake the very foundation of their family and change who they believe they are.
