Lord Byron in the Armenian Monastery in Venice
Plaque outside the Monastery in the island of San Lazzaro in Venice “To the memory of the English Poet, LORD …
Category Archives: Poetry
When Italy had the “Fatal Gift of Beauty”
Between the eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth century, an idealised idea of Italy emerged from paintings and …
Joseph Addison talks about Italian Beauty and British Liberty
From: Joseph Addison (1672-1719) A Letter from Italy To The Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax In The Year MDCCI (…) …
Letters from the exile 