Evelyn (1850) Diary
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Nightingale Muzak
Songbirds were an important part of the shopping experience in Venice in the 1600s and 1700s.
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Prostitute al Bordello — Grevembroch 3–160
“Prostitute al Bordello” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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An Englishman in Venice
On the Grand Tour in the 1640s, the English gentleman John Evelyn spent almost a year in Venice and Padua.
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An Englishman in Venice — the diary of John Evelyn — 1645
Excerpts of the diary of the English gentleman John Evelyn from May 1645 to March 1646, covering his stay in Venice and Padua.