December 2016
Arcan Venice
The Curious, the Eros, the Fantastic, the Occult
by Claudio Dell'Orso
The evocation of the devil by the courtesan Veronica Franco with the King of France. The spy initiation of Mata Hari a few days after the Great War. The black diary of Edgar Allan Poe found by Baron Corvo. The head that screams in Lista dei Bari. The Stargate at San Simeon Grando. The young Stalin on the island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni. The strange kidnapping of the Japanese ambassador. The extravagances of the Marquise Luisa Casati-Press. The deposits of human bones in the lagoon islands. The mysterious rockfall in Campo San Boldo. The haunted houses and ufological sightings... the Venice of the unusual, magical city par excellence, told with the usual irony by Claudio Dell'Orso.
