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Signs of remembrance: the Shoah in Venice

Signs of remembrance: the Shoah in Venice

by Blog Team | Jan 18, 2019 | famous characters, history, sculpture | 0 comments

The Venetian Jews that died in the Shoah were over 200. Arbit Blatas from Lithuania and Gunter Demnig from Germany are two artists that actively contributed and still do for the remembrance of those tragic years and the victims. In different ways.

The Partisan at the Museum of Modern Art Ca’ Pesaro in Venice

The Partisan at the Museum of Modern Art Ca’ Pesaro in Venice

by Luisella Romeo | Apr 13, 2018 | art, arts and crafts, famous characters, history, sculpture, traditions | 0 comments

At the Museum of Modern Art in Ca’ Pesaro in Venice you can find a very peculiar statue, the Partigiana Veneta (The Partisan) by Leoncillo. In fact there have been three sculptures reminding us of women’s fight against fascism and here you can read their controversial story.

Peace Rose in the garden of a Venetian palace

Peace Rose in the garden of a Venetian palace

by Fiona Giusto | Jun 9, 2017 | gardens, history, orchard, palace | 0 comments

The Peace Rose with its delicate ivory-yellow colour tending to cream with slightly crimson-pink edged petals is considered one of the most famous roses. Read how Mr Meilland bred the rose in France shortly before ww2 and how it survived being given different names. Admire it in a private Venetian garden.

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