Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venezia Venice Audio Files

Venice:  Environment, Society and History

4 Audio Files to listen before you arrive

How often students and visiting artists arrive with lots of question marks about Venice? This is a place that has no equal in the world. A city that was founded in the marshy islets of a lagoon, in one of the most inhospitable environments that can be imagined. This series of spoken files is meant to give simple answers to the usual questions that all Venetian are asked: is Venice sinking? How can such grand buildings almost float on the surface of the lagoon? What is the ‘Acqua Alta’? and so many more.These are not lectures, but colloquial accounts that will help you to start understandig and appreciating the beauty and the complexity of Venice. It is just a starting point, that can make you better enjoy the time you’ll spend here.