Marco Polo and the 700th anniversary of his death
Marco Polo is one of those characters a tourist guide in Venice will always mention. Born in Venice in 1254, Marco Polo accompanied his father and his uncle when he was only 17 and reached Asia [...]
Rosalba Carriera: a woman painter in 18th-century Venice
Rosalba Carriera was one of the best known painters from Venice who reached an international fame in the 18th century but got almost forgotten for a long time. However, Save Venice has recently [...]
Coffee trade in Venice: how an exotic drink was commercialized in Europe
Coffee trade in Venice reached its climax in the middle of the 18th century. Nearly 28 million cups of coffee per year would be drunk in Venice and its territories in the Stato da Terra in [...]
