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If Venice Dies (Paperback)
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If Venice Dies (Paperback)
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List price R402
Loot Price R313
Discovery Miles 3 130
You Save R89 (22%)
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What is Venice worth? To whom does this urban treasure belong? This
eloquent book by the internationally renowned art historian
Salvatore Settis urgently poses these questions, igniting a new
debate about the Pearl of the Adriatic and cultural patrimony at
large. Venetiansare increasingly abandoning their hometown -
there's now only one resident for every 140 visitors and Venice's
fragile fate has become emblematic of the future of historic cities
everywhere as it capitulates to tourists and those who profit from
them. In If Venice Dies, a fiery blend of history and cultural
analysis, Settis argues that ` hit-and-run' visitors are turning
landmark urban setting into shopping malls and theme parks. He
warns Western civilisation's prime achievements face impending ruin
from mass tourism and global cultural homogenisation. This is
passionate plea to secure Venice's future, written with consummate
authority, wide-ranging erudition, and elan.
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