Venetian Stories

Tag: 1900s

Episode 20 — Venice and the plague – part 4

The plague slowly diminished during the 1700s, even if it didn’t disappear, and Venice reorganised the Lazzaretti.
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December 3, 2025
Episode 9 — Subject city

The decline of Venice didn’t end with the loss of statehood. Attempts at modernising Venice have failed, and the result is an economic monoculture of mass tourism, and a constant demographic decline.
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May 7, 2025
Why do the residents leave Venice?

A three-day agricultural fair in Venice expels the locals from all the public spaces for three weeks.
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June 28, 2024