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Author : Gale Ets Marie
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1469738716
Ours because going into the Venetian tunnels or any other tunnels, jewelry will be the identifier.
Author : Gale Ets Marie
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781469738703
Ours because going into the Venetian tunnels or any other tunnels, jewelry will be the identifier.
Author : Dragoş Cosmescu
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476620183
The Renaissance was a revolution of ideas, arts and sciences alike, with Italy at its center. Venice was among the first states to embrace new concepts in fortification, which would dominate military architecture for centuries. In the age of large galley fleets and an expanding Ottoman Empire, the mighty defenses of the Republic of Venice protected faraway territories in the Mediterranean, and some of the largest and best preserved Renaissance fortifications are found on the former Venetian islands. This book illustrates in detail the impressive defenses of Cyprus, Crete and Corfu, their design and their war record. Walled towns and fortresses were constructed to the latest standards of military technology, with walls capable of withstanding the largest armies and the longest sieges, including the longest in history—22 years.
Author : Daniele Peila,Giulia Viggiani,Tarcisio Celestino
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000178944
Tunnels and Underground Cities: Engineering and Innovation meet Archaeology, Architecture and Art. Volume 11: Urban Tunnels - Part 1 contains the contributions presented in the eponymous Technical Session during the World Tunnel Congress 2019 (Naples, Italy, 3-9 May 2019). The use of underground space is continuing to grow, due to global urbanization, public demand for efficient transportation, and energy saving, production and distribution. The growing need for space at ground level, along with its continuous value increase and the challenges of energy saving and achieving sustainable development objectives, demand greater and better use of the underground space to ensure that it supports sustainable, resilient and more liveable cities. The contributions cover a wide range of topics, from geomechanical behavior evaluation, evaluation of long-term tunnel behaviour, via monitoring excavation-related ground deformation to risk management for tunneling-induced deformations. The book is a valuable reference text for tunnelling specialists, owners, engineers, archaeologists, architects, artists and others involved in underground planning, design and building around the world, and for academics who are interested in underground constructions and geotechnics.
Author : Paul Strathern
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781480448384
A “useful and informative introduction” to the independent Republic of Venice—the first great economic and cultural power of the modern Western world (Booklist). After winning the struggle for ascendency in the late 13th century, the Republic of Venice enjoyed centuries of unprecedented glory and built a trading empire which at its apogee reached as far afield as China, Syria, and West Africa. This golden period only drew to an end with the Republic’s eventual surrender to Napoleon. The Venetians illuminates the character of the Republic during these illustrious years by shining a light on some of the most celebrated personalities of European history—Petrarch, Marco Polo, Galileo, Titian, Vivaldi, Casanova. Frequently, though, these emblems of the city found themselves at odds with the Venetian authorities, who prized stability above all else, and were notoriously suspicious of any “cult of personality.” Was this very tension perhaps the engine for the Republic’s unprecedented rise? Rich with biographies of some of the most exalted characters who have ever lived, The Venetians is a refreshing and authoritative new look at the history of the most evocative of city-states.
Author : Pietro Bembo
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0674022831
Bembo (1470-1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a Roman Catholic cardinal, was the most celebrated Latin stylist of his day and was widely admired for his writings in Italian. The History of Venice was published posthumously, in Latin and in his own Italian version. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015042491285
Author : Alithia Pes
Publisher : Publishers Papazisis
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781301496747
Once megalomaniac, Italian vampire Drystan Della Volpe discovers Lithie, a vampire paradise under the surface of the Earth together...
Author : George A. Miller
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : EAN:8596547165842
"Panama is the great American curiosity shop. The first city founded by explorers in the New World, the oldest town in America inhabited by white men, the most conglomerate mixture of humanity on earth are in Panama. The bloodiest tale of modern history, the most romantic story of American exploration, the greatest engineering achievement of man all center in Panama." 'Prowling about Panama' is the travel memoir of author George A. Miller as he travels through the nation taking in the sights and sounds with amazement. He speaks in glowing terms on the people, their culture and the rich history of the nation.
Author : Yannis Prekatsounakis
Publisher : Helion and Company
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781913118464
Crete, 20 May 1941: the first campaign-sized airborne assault is launched. Many books have been written about this famous invasion, with the emphasis mainly on the battles for Maleme and Chania. The Battle for Heraklion - an epic struggle - remained largely forgotten and widely unstudied. Yet the desperate fight for Heraklion had everything: street-fighting in the town; heroic attacks against well-fortified positions and medieval walls; heavy losses on all sides; and tragic stories involving famous German aristocratic families like the von Blüchers and members of the Bismarck family. This book highlights personal stories and accounts - and the author’s access to records from all three sides allowed accounts to be placed in their correct place and time. Finally, the history of the battle is written with the added perspective of extensive Greek accounts and sources. In contrast, earlier books were based solely on British and German sources - totally ignoring the Greek side. Many of these accounts are from people who were fighting directly against each other - and some reveal what the enemies were discussing and thinking while they were shooting at or attacking each other. Some accounts are so accurate and detailed that we can even identify who killed whom. In addition, long-lost stories behind both well known and previously unpublished pictures are revealed. For the first time, 75 year-old mysteries are solved: what were the names of the paratroopers in the planes seen crashing in famous pictures? What was the fate of soldiers seen in pictures taken just before the battle? The author has studied the battlefield in every detail - thus giving the reader the opportunity to understand actions and incidents by examining what happened on the actual field of battle. For example, how was it possible for a whole platoon to be trapped and annihilated, as in the fate of Wolfgang Graf von Blücher? Such a question is not easily answered even by people with a military background. How was it possible for the paratroopers to fail in their attempt to occupy the town? The answers to questions like these became very clear when the author walked through the battlefields - following the accounts of the people from all sides who had fought there and which describe the same incidents. The author’s extensive research is vividly presented via detailed maps and photographs, both from the era of the battle and today; even battlefield archaeology plays a role in revealing what really happened on the battlefield. The author’s approach addresses two different types of readers: those who are largely unfamiliar with the battle - hence the emphasis on personal stories, accounts and pictures - and the researcher who wants a reliable source of firsthand material and perhaps a different point of view, such as is offered by Greek accounts and sources (and by the writer’s detailed analysis of the battle). This fresh account of one of the Second World War’s most memorable battles is given added authority by the writer’s military background, together with his deep knowledge of the battlefield and his access to Greek accounts and sources.
Author : John Ruskin
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 789 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : EAN:8596547729594
The Stones of Venice is a three-volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture by English art historian John Ruskin. Ruskin examines Venetian architecture in detail, describing for example over eighty churches. He discusses architecture of Venice's Byzantine, Gothic and Renaissance periods, and provides a general history of the city. As well as being an art historian, Ruskin was a social reformer. He set out to prove how Venetian architecture exemplified the principles he discussed in his earlier works.
Author : Dennis. Romano
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 805 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190859985
Venice, one of the world's most storied cities, has a long and remarkable history, told here in its full scope from its founding in the early Middle Ages to the present day. A place whose fortunes and livelihoods have been shaped to a large degree by its relationship with water, Venice is seen in Dennis Romano's account as a terrestrial and maritime power, whose religious, social, architectural, economic, and political histories have been determined by its unique geography.
Author : Judith Martin
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780393078640
"Add No Vulgar Hotel to the list of books you must read before you come to Venice." —Donna Leon This is the definitive book for managing an incurable passion for a decaying, waterlogged village. Whether you already have a raging case of Venetophilia or are among the fifteen million people who yearly put themselves in danger of contracting it, here is where you get your fix of Venetian wit, history, practicality, and enchantment.
Author : Deborah Howard,Sarah Quill,Laura Moretti
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0300090293
Overzicht van de Venetiaanse architectuur, vanaf de stichting in de Romeinse tijd tot nu.
Author : Garry Wills
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780671047641
Now in paperback, Wills's acclaimed book presents a new way of relating the history of the city through its art and, in turn, illuminates the art through the city's history. Illustrated with more than 130 works of art, 30 in full color.
