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Venice: a UNESCO site at risk and uninformed visitors

An analysis of the most recent studies on tourism has led us to reflect a great deal: just a small percentage of visitors to Venice (one in ten) visit a museum. Despite the city’s immense historic-artistic heritage and its vast

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24-25 September 2016: European Heritage Days

Venice Intangible Heritage Scuola di San Rocco

    On occasion of the European Heritage Days 2016, supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Venezia Arte, in association with the Council of Europe and the Coordinamento delle Attività Comuni delle Scuole Storiche di Venezia, organised three

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Scuole Grandi and Scuole Piccole in Venice

At the time of the Serenissima Republic, the Scuole Grandi and Piccole (large and small confraternities) were described in the journals of visitors. They commented on something which for them highlighted the city’s uniqueness and emphasised the solid state organisation,

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