Venice Revealed: An Intimate Portrait. Paolo Barbaro

by Paolo Barbaro

Book Overview

THE CITY OF VENICE is a kind of miracle - surrounded by the sea, cut by as many canals as streets, built on fill reinforced with pilings made of huge tree trunks, it defies nature and belief. No city... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0285636359
• ISBN13: 9780285636354
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Souvenir Press
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A FANTASTIC READ

HAVING BEEN TO VENICE TWICE, MR. BARBARO'S BOOK IS EXTREMELY WELL WRIITEN. THE WAY HE WRITES IS SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL THE COLD, SMELL THE SMELLS, AND ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE YOU ARE THERE WITH HIM. BEING A VENETOPHILE I WISH MORE AUTHOR'S WOULD WRITE THIS GOOD ABOUT THE WORLD'S MOST BELOVED CITY, VENICE...A MUST READ FOR ANYONE WHO HAS AN INTEREST OR LOVES VENICE.