La Serenissima: The Story of Venice SOLD OUT
Jonathan Keates
Friday, 31 March 2023
6:00pm
1 hour
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room
£7 - £12.50
Historian and biographer Jonathan Keates looks at the history of Venice from its days as La Serenissima, the most serene republic, to the city that draws millions of visitors today.
Keates says there is another story behind the dream and romance of Venice. It is the hard reality of an independent state built on conquest, profit and entitlement and on the toughness and resilience of a free people. He says the Venetians built an empire through service and loyalty to a republic that lasted 4,000 years. Keates explains how much Venice has contributed to world culture and how it continues as an object of desire and inspiration to this day.
Keates was chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund and is author of biographies on Handel, Purcell and Stendhal and of travel books about Italy.
This event is part of Italian day at the festival.
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