The City of Venice has been welcoming tourists for a thousand years to enjoy its mystery and charm. They’ll have the opportunity to enjoy a new addition, if Zamperla’s plans for a cultural hub and historical attraction (below) come to fruition in 2017
and we want to give them the chance to find out more about this amazing place. “Imagine a city that for 1,000 years has never been occupied – and further- more, has been democratic the entire time,” he says. “This is something to cel- ebrate, because Venice shows the power of people working together and there are great lessons – that are still relevant today – to be learned from the past. “For example, when a new Doge [chief magistrate] came to power in Venice, he was democratically elected and at the time of his appointment, the Venetian commissioners assessed his wealth. When he died, they estimated it again and if it had increased, the difference was confiscated by the government. This meant that if the Doge benefitted
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financially from his time in power, his family had to give the money back: what a great example to politicians today! We want to share this kind of history.”
THE WAY FORWARD Initial planning permission is being sought for the creation of a four-hec- tare park which will be divided into three areas, as Zamperla explains:
“The first area will be dedicated to the Venetian Laguna (Lagoon), which was very important in creating the way of life of the Venetians and protecting the city. We want to look at its strategic importance and also its traditions: inside the Laguna there are 50 different methods of fishing, for example, and we need to record them for posterity.”
The second area will focus on the his-
tory of Venice in past centuries, when it played a pivotal role in Europe, and will feature subjects such as the Battle of Lepanto in 1561, when the Republic of Venice, as a member of the Holy League, took on and defeated Suleiman the Magnificent. The third area, says Zamperla, will be about Venice’s famous Mardi Gras. “We’re going to celebrate it all year round,” he says. “There will be peo- ple with masques and music and a recreation of the magic of the festival.” Very much on-trend, there will also be a big wheel, giving views of Venice and – says Zamperla – the development will have a substantial theatre “because Venice is missing a theatre”.
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