Calle della Piscina 1673: Lord Byron, Marianna Segati, the “English Cheat” and the “Italian Cuckold” (1816-1817)

December 4, 2015

Venice, November 17th, 1816. To Mr. Moore: I have fallen in love, which, next to falling into the canal (which …

James Bond in Venice: Ian Fleming’s Risico

April 24, 2015

Ian Fleming I bathe every afternoon at the Lido. But not at the fashionable plage. I bathe at the Bagni …

September 4, 2013

Plaque outside the Monastery in the island of San Lazzaro in Venice “To the memory of the English Poet, LORD …

February 21, 2013

Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun (1755–1842), Portrait of Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi (1792) Not very far from St. Marks’ Square, in one of …

January 17, 2013

From: Joseph Addison (1672-1719) A Letter from Italy To The Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax In The Year MDCCI (…) …