Dreaming of Italy: Las Vegas and the Virtual Grand Tour

by Giovanna Franci

In Dreaming of Italy, Giovanna Franci compares three Las Vegas Italian-themed resorts--Caesars Palace, Bellagio, and The Venetian--to their Italian counterparts: the ancient Forum of the Caesars, the breathtaking Lake Como resort town of Bellagio, and eternal Venice, jewel of the Adriatic. Franci not only examines architectural format and decorative details but considers how the mystique of these Italian sites has been transplanted to the Nevada desert...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874176107
• ISBN13: 9780874176100
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.9" x 11.0"