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Piazza San Marco is a dynamic open space organically connected to the buildings which frame it. It shows how much is lost if the ensemble is divided into the individual structures of Doges' Palace, Basilica of San Marco, Campanile and so on, each 'marvellous' in their own right but functionally separate. Here a different story is told by relating them to each other and to the theatrical piazza of which they form a part; it sees the events that took place there as a barometer of 1,000 years of Venetian history. It recreates not only rituals of the past but also the activities of the present - from the coronation of the Doge and the arrival of the Crusaders' loot, through the pathetic collapse of the Republic, to Death in Venice and the legendary Pink Floyd concert of 1989 - all taking place in an iconic space which the writings of traditional historians have left dead and silent.Product Identifiers
PublisherProfile Books
ISBN-139781861978851
eBay Product ID (ePID)92604170
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePiazza San Marco
Publication Year2010
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorIain Fenlon
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight215 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorIain Fenlon