NOW ONLINE! Keeping Italy in Our Hearts & Minds: Venice: The Most Improbable of Cities
Code: SL32004
Dates: April 29-30, 2020
Meets: 7:00 PM to 7:50 PM
Sessions: 2
Location: ONLINE
Course Fee: $29.00
Sorry, we are no longer accepting registrations for this course. Please contact our office to find out if it will be rescheduled, or if alternative classes are available.
Discover some of Venice’s many secrets and celebrate the city of myth, mystery, might and majesty that has captured the imagination of dreamers and travelers alike for hundreds of years.
This capacious topic will be presented in two 50-minute lecture / slideshows
Part 1: From its inauspicious beginnings at the end of the Roman empire as a lagoon-based refugee
encampment to its apex as a commercial, naval & financial juggernaut and Xanadu of architecture &
cultural cross-currents. Part 2: From its pinnacle as the cultural & luxury capital of
Europe through its slow yet opulent & sybaritic decline and ultimately to its reinvention as a real-life fantasy destination and the world’s most enchanting open-air museum.
ONLINE
Carla Gambescia
Carla Gambescia is the author of the acclaimed book La Dolce Vita University: An Unconventional Guide to Italian Culture from A-to-Z, a rousing tribute to Italy, Italians and a culture that has contributed so much to the world. The book was the winner of the Silver Prize for “Best Travel Book of the Year 2019” awarded by the North American Travel Journalists Association. A native of Philadelphia, Carla is also a marketing executive, former restaurateur and avid traveler; she co-created the Giro del Gelato bike tour which won OUTSIDE Magazine’s Best Trip in Western Europe.N/A
