If Venice Dies

Only active citizenship can save them from the greed of real estate speculators."Desmond O'Grady, former European editor of The Transatlantic Review and author of The Road Taken"With his book, Settis has clarified what conservationism and the protection of our cultural heritage should mean."Il Manifesto. He offers medicine for the disease that has a global reach."The Weekly Standard"Settis shows how the tragedy of Venice could happen to any city which has a past. It's a powerful polemic."Richard Sennett, author of The Fall of Public Man and Flesh and Stone: The Body and the City in Western Civilization, and Professor of Sociology, New York University and the London School of Economics"A terrific book serious and important."Common Edge"Settis is an archeologi

This is a passionate plea to secure the soul of Venice, written with consummate authority, wide-ranging erudition and élan.Salvatore Settis is an archaeologist and art historian and former director of the Getty Research Institute of Los Angeles and the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa. In If Venice Dies, a fiery blend of history and cultural analysis, Settis argues that "hit-and-run" visitors are turning landmark urban settings into shopping malls and theme parks. "Anyone interested in learning what is really going on in Venice should read this book.”Donna Leon, author of My Venice and Other Essays and Death at La FeniceWhat is Venice worth? To whom does this urban treasure belong? This eloquent book by internationally renowned art historian Salvatore Settis urgently poses these questions, igniting a new debate about the Queen

Read this book if you care about the future of Venice What an incredible book; if you care about the future of Venice, you must read this book. We have traveled with small groups in Venice for more than twelve years. We have seen an erosion in the infrastructure of the city-in its ability to support the literal and actual weight of hundreds of thousands of cruise passengers on the city. This has got to stop. Please read this book and learn!. We Wont Let It Be Spoiled or Sink! R. B. Cathcart Beautiful. Italians have style in cars, cloths and books about fascinating cities!. A brilliant book that's captures the essence and importance of Venice A brilliant book that's captures the essence and importance of Venice. It's painful to see what tourism and commercialization has done to the city.