The Venetian Lagoon

“The Lagoon is where Venice was born,” said Arrigo Cipriani, the dapper 85-year-old patriarch of the Cipriani empire, describing how Italians fled Attila the Hun’s hordes in the fifth century and cobbled together a city in the marshes. “Now its revival is the key to Venice’s future.”

From “Learning to Navigate the Venetian Lagoon Like a Pro” by Tony Perrottet for the New York Times; Photo by Susan Wright (@sw_photo) 

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