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Winging it
- September 16, 2023
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- Category: Casanova
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Arriving in Paris penniless but with connections in high places, Casanova was able very quickly to make himself a fortune. The monarchy was hard up for cash and Casanova claimed to have a plan that could help them out. In reality, he had no such plan at all. Intrigued, one the chief financiers to the -
Strip the City – Venice
- July 22, 2023
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Just a 2-minute extract but a great little animation that shows what lies under the surface of Venice – here. There’s another interesting little titbit here. #venice #eighteenthcentury #history -
A journey into eighteenth-century Venice
- May 13, 2023
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- Category: Venice and Paris
‘Ca’ Rezzonico’ (photo by Didier Descouens), a tremendous resource on Google Arts & Culture - here ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is freely available here. Long form articles on Casanova’s life and times are freely available here. #venice #journey #eighteenthcentury #history #rezzonico
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