The latest in Venice (Italy)

Venice's Bridge of Sighs restored to former glory

2011-12-01T11:30:55Z

The painstaking restoration of Venice's famed Bridge of Sighs and the facade of the adjoining Doge's Palace is finally finished after three years of work, officials said on Thursday.

The restoration project -- which was launched after a piece of marble fell off the Palace and hit an elderly German tourist on his leg in 2007 -- included cleaning off pollution and restoring the limestone.

Built at the beginning of the ...

Book reviews: Friends in High Places, by Donna Leon

2010-11-29T16:09:51Z

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Book reviews: Through a Glass Darkly, by Donna Leon

2010-11-29T16:09:51Z

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Book reviews: The Kiss of Death, by Marcus Sedgwick

2010-11-04T14:58:32Z

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Literary analysis: The Aspern Papers, by Henry James

2010-11-04T14:55:07Z

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Blissful anonymity for crime writer Donna Leon in Venice

2010-09-22T09:16:13Z

Best-selling American author Donna Leon says success is overrated as she cherishes her anonymity in Venice, the setting of her mystery series starring Commissario Guido Brunetti.

The award-winning writer's 19 novels to date have been translated into more than 20 languages, but not into Italian,...

Study Guide on The Renaissance Time Period

2010-11-02T15:47:19Z

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St Marks Square Walking Tour

2010-10-27T07:30:42Z

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Byron Clough and the Grounding of Victorian Poetry

2010-10-22T12:19:38Z

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Giovanni Giacomo Casanova

2010-10-22T10:52:00Z

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Marin Falier

2010-10-22T10:42:19Z

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Pietro Bembo

2010-10-22T10:38:21Z

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Carlo Conte Gozzi

2010-10-22T10:37:50Z

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St Sebastian

2010-10-22T10:26:31Z

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The Comfort of Strangers

2010-10-22T09:25:32Z

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Tirsi e Clori

2010-10-22T09:25:03Z

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Tieste

2010-10-22T09:24:38Z

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De sui ipsius et multorum ignorantia

2010-10-22T09:22:20Z

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Thomas Mann

2010-10-22T09:03:30Z

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Alessandro Poerio

2010-10-22T08:59:21Z

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Fearful symmetry

2010-10-26T20:22:54Z

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Broadening the mind without moving

2010-04-16T14:49:38Z

DAMASCUS : TASTE OF A CITY by Marie Fadel and Rafik Schami Haus Armchair Traveller,

VENICE FOR LOVERS by Louis Begley and

Death in Venice

2010-04-16T14:50:51Z

When you are so addicted to writers' works and feel bereft after finishing all their novels, you become restless and fretful. It happened to me last year with the Aurelio Zen detective novels of Michael Dibdin, as I lamented in The Spectator Diary column. Zen is the Italian policeman who is sent to different parts of Italy to solve crimes sensitive in nature; he's a louche, corner-cuttin...

A Romantic Visit to Venice, Italy

2010-10-15T18:46:39Z

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Italy Venice Film Festival Award Ceremony

2010-09-11T12:45:36Z

Director Sofia Coppola is congratulated by Jury president Quentin Tarantino, after he presented her with her Golden Lion award for the film Somewhere at the Award Ceremony at the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Director Julie Taymor and actress Helen Mirren pose at the photo call for the film The Tempest at the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)...

Italy Venice Film Festival Closing Ceremony

2010-09-11T11:15:57Z

Director Sofia Coppola arrives for the Closing Ceremony red carpet at the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

Italy Venice Film Festival Celebrities

2010-09-11T10:30:18Z

Actress Helen Mirren at the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

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Italy Venice Film Festival The Tempest Arrival

2010-09-11T10:00:11Z

Helen Mirren signs autographs as she arrives for the press conference of the film The Tempest at the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)