For those who thought they knew Venice, the City of the Doges is still full of unusual and secret places, that are well worth a visit.
Discover the secrets of St Mark's Basilica without any tourists, decipher the capitals of the Doge's Palace, take the only underground canal in Venice in search of the alchemical sculpture of the winged horse, decipher the paintings in the Scuola di San Rocco according to the principles of Hebrew Kabbalah or the construction of San Francesco della Vigna according to those of musical Kabbalah, push open the doors of palaces and monasteries to stroll through unsuspected gardens, admire the extraordinary forgotten library of the Venice Seminary, go shopping at the market in the Giudecca women's prison, play tennis in the heart of the city. ..
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Gewebe-Einband
Kartenmaßstab
Maße
Gewicht
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978-2-36195-815-2 (9782361958152)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Thomas Jonglez was born and grew up in Paris. At the age of 22 he set out to discover the world, and spent most of 1992 backpacking around South America. After several years with the steel industry, he launched his publishing company in 2003. The first edition of Secret Paris came out in 2007. Ever since, he has regularly strolled around the capital, constantly surprised to discover new secret places in a city he thought he knew so well.
