The companion guide to the South of Spain

Lowe, Alfonso

Collins

<p>In 1797 the last Doge abdicated before the military power of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Venice finally lost her independence. It was during this last century of her statehood that Venice, renowned as "La Serenissima," was the pleasure paradise of Europe and focus of the Grand Tour. To this city of the libertine gambler Casanova, of magical light and water, masked carnival and gondolas, tourists flocked eager for gaiety, romance and excitement. But tourists also thronged to Venice and the Veneto to enjoy an exceptional flowering of the arts and intellect. That this artistic resurgence should coincide with the decline of Venice's political power and with an apparent growth of frivolity is a remarkable paradox. "La Serenissima" is an exploration of that paradox.</p>

La Serenissima;: The last flowering of the Venetian Republic

Cassell

The Catalan vengeance

Routledge and K. Paul

Andalucia in its heyday, after the invasion of the Moors in 711, was famous for its wealth and fertility, and the province's Moorish character remains distinct; even before the Moors, the Phoenicians, the Romans and the Vandals had all been drawn to this beautiful land. The Moors cultivated science and the arts, and their influence was felt throughout western Europe - in the songs of the troubadours, the poems of Dante and the discoveries of Copernicus; their merchants enriched the province; their courtiers and architects set new standards of luxurious living. This glory finally ended in 1492, when the Christian armies of the Reconquista entered Granada, but much remains in the three Moorish towns of Cordoba, Seville and Granada, and the country round about, to recall the great times. Alfonso Lowe is an admirable guide, from the intricacies of the distinction between Mozarabic and Mudejar Moorish styles to the characteristic dishes to be found in restaurants and bars - and to the adjacent territories of Murcia and the greater part of Alicante.

The Companion Guide to the South of Spain (Companion Guides)

Religion & Spirituality

Seymour-Davies, Hugh

Religious Studies

Companion Guides

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