Martina Frank on the Venetian Culture and Economy of Leisure
The XVIIIe century is usually associated with the term of “decadence”. But it is retrospective a posteriori view. Venice as a stage space The street names of Venice are witnesses of no longer existing structures. E.g Calle del Teatro Vechio, Sotoportego del casino dei nobili.Theatres and Casinos were important factors for tourism. In 1980, one exhibition…