A History of VeniceAs comprehensive as it is engaging, John Julius Norwich's A History of Venice is a complete history of "the most beautiful and magical of cities." This necessary volume traces the rise of Venice from its fifth-century origins through 1797 when Napoleon put an end to the thousand-year-old Republic. |
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THE DOGES ' PALACE torn apart by civil war . The imperial treasury was empty ;
it came as a surprise to no one when in 1343 the Emperor John V Palaeologus
was obliged to pawn to Venetian merchants not only all the gold and silver from ...
THE DOGES ' PALACE torn apart by civil war . The imperial treasury was empty ;
it came as a surprise to no one when in 1343 the Emperor John V Palaeologus
was obliged to pawn to Venetian merchants not only all the gold and silver from ...
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Although the Doges ' Palace is , by any standards , unique , there is one
particularly significant respect in which it differs from the corresponding seats of
power in the mainland cities of Italy . They are , nearly all of them , dark and
threatening ...
Although the Doges ' Palace is , by any standards , unique , there is one
particularly significant respect in which it differs from the corresponding seats of
power in the mainland cities of Italy . They are , nearly all of them , dark and
threatening ...
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The Doges ' Palace as we know it today is , beyond all doubt , the greatest
secular Gothic building in the world ; and it is hardly surprising that it should have
provided new impetus and inspiration for Gothic palazzi all over the city . Many
had ...
The Doges ' Palace as we know it today is , beyond all doubt , the greatest
secular Gothic building in the world ; and it is hardly surprising that it should have
provided new impetus and inspiration for Gothic palazzi all over the city . Many
had ...
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Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | A History of Venice |
| Forfatter | John Julius Norwich |
| Utgave | illustrert, nytrykk |
| Utgiver | Vintage Books, 1982 |
| ISBN | 0679721975, 9780679721970 |
| Lengde | 673 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |