Blue Guide Venice (Blue Guides)

by Alta Macadam (Author)

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  Paperback
  2007

  $4.14

  Venice has been one of the world's leading destinations for the cultural traveller since the 18th-century Grand Tour: a romantic setting, rich in art history created by a republic that was stable and prosperous for a thousand years. This fully-updated edition of a key Blue Guide title presents Venice's art and history accessibly and interestingly, as well as recommending where to stay and where to eat. Alta Macadam is a Florence-based art historian who is one of the Blue Guides' best-selling authors.

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  Paperback
  1989

  $3.25

  Part of a series this updated guide contains information on all the city's major and lesser-known monuments, churches and museums. Coverage is given to the recent excavations and restorations in the Forum, on the Palatine and the Circus of Maxentius on the Appian Way. The restoration of Michelangelo's frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is also described in full. Alta Macadam is also the author of Blue Guides Northern Italy, Florence and Sicily .

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  Hardcover
  1986

  $3.25