There is something ethereal and regal about Venezia (Venice) that manages to captivate you completely. Maybe it’s the unique beauty of the city built on water that doesn’t seem to be real, maybe it’s her glorious past when, ruled by the dodges, she dominated the trade between the East and West, be it the melancholy of the realization that the splendid city is quietly sinking into the waters where it once came from.
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