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The Story of Venice is a comprehensive and engaging history of one of the world's most fascinating cities. From its early beginnings as a swampy archipelago to its Renaissance heyday as a prosperous trading hub, Thomas Okey provides a vivid account of the people, events, and cultural trends that have shaped Venice throughout its history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the show more "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- The Story of Venice
- Original publication date
- 1905
- Important places
- Venice, Veneto, Italy
- Dedication
- In memory of old days I dedicate this book to my friends and fellow pilgrims of the Toynbee Travellers' Club. T.O.
- Quotations
- "Italy is the eye of Europe and Venice is the eye of Italy"
- Original language
- English
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