Thursday, December 8 2016 - 6.30 pm - StartupHouse - 934 Howard St, San Francisco, CA. Venice suffers from its legends. Legends narrate Venice as a symbol of the end of the Roman Age. Venice represents the place where the noble Romans rescued themselves from the barbarian hordes: Venetians would have been forced to move to an unwelcoming island among the marshes to be free and safe. Venice - the legends say - became Byzantine and was able to resist the Lombard and the Carolingian wars. Venice's freedom and prosperity would derive from its independence, its Roman origins, and its ability to be different from the uncivilized Barbarians.

Nothing more wrong. Venice is a quintessential consequence of the fruitful encounter between the heirs of the classical Mediterranean world and the German North European tradition. Venice can be explained bringing together Carolingian, Lombard, Islamic, Post-Roman, Byzantine tradition. Furthermore, Venice can be asses through its unique landscape: water, mud, and wood are the reasons by which Venice was built.

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Source: BAIA