This excerpt from Dream of Venice Architecture, penned by Richard J. Goy, is the introduction to the book. Not Venezia but Venessia Venessia. That is what Venetians call their home city; not Venezia but Venessia. This is not Italian; it’s the Venetian dialect, their own language. Pronounced with a soft double “s,” and delivered […]
This essay, an excerpt from Dream of Venice, is the Foreword to the book, written by Frances Mayes. Venice is a State of Mind Venice is a state of mind. That is, the scintillating, kaleidoscopic, shifting colors of that watery realm remain alive inside me long after I depart the actual city. While there, […]
Lost No More is an excerpt from Dream of Venice Architecture written by J. Michael Welton. Lost No More I’m an eighth-generation Virginian, a fact that carries some weight in certain parts of the Commonwealth, but precious little elsewhere. It mattered even less in Venice in late September 2012. There, Virginia seemed a quaint and claustrophobic […]