2/4. The history and culture of the great Italian city brought to life by Venetian Francesco da Mosto through computer-generated imagery and dramatic reconstructions. Beauty. How did a city of such breathtaking beauty take form from the humble wooden buildings that preceded it? Da Mosto reveals how the changing fortunes enjoyed by the fishermen of early Venice resulted in a new city being built and adorned by the world's greatest architects and artists, including Palladio and Titian. But this vibrant and wealthy metropolis was about to be threatened by a terrible calamity - the plague.
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