Things Seen in Venice by Lonsdale RAGG (1866 - 1945) and Laura Marie RAGG ( - ) <br />Genre(s): Travel & Geography <br /> <br />Read by: Phil Benson in English <br /> <br />Chapters: <br />00:00:00 - 01 - First Impressions <br />00:14:37 - 02 - The Grand Canal <br />00:43:50 - 03 - The Heart of Venice <br />01:11:51 - 04 - Venice on Foot <br />01:33:53 - 05 - The Lagoon <br />01:57:18 - 06 - Fasts and Festivals <br />02:22:24 - 07 - Varia <br /> <br />Venice, once among the most powerful states of the Western world, now a much-visited but still romantic city of canals, architecture and art. Most European cities have changed so much that a 1920 guidebook would be of little practical use, but not so Venice. Lonsdale and Laura Ragg were residents of the city - where Lonsdale was chaplain of St. George's English church from 1905 to 1909 - and they knew it well. Their guide brings its buildings and canals, its campi and its hidden campielli, to life in a surprisingly contemporary way. Try listening to Chapter 2 as your vaporetto chugs along the Grand Canal from the railway station to the Rialto bridge, only slightly faster than it would have done a hundred years ago! ( Phil Benson) Summary by Phil Benson <br /> <br />More information: <a href="http://librivox.org/things-seen-in-venice-by-lonsdale-ragg/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://librivox.org/things-seen-in-venice-by-lonsdale-ragg/</a> <br /> <br />LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (<a href="https://librivox.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://librivox.org/</a>)