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It’s official: it will be an old-style Fenice, but that’s all we know

The rubble began to be cleared from the burnt-out shell of the theatre in May, as rumours leaked from the judicial enquiry that the fire which destroyed it in January may have been arson. There is no proof, however, and investigations continue, while the mayor of Venice, Massimo Cacciari, tries to speed up the rebuilding by putting the town hall technical department in charge of drawing up the preliminary plan

The Greeks on display in Venice and hidden war booty at the Hermitage

Palazzo Grassi's “Greeks in the West” exhibition is pulling in the visitors

Venice PLC

A company owned 51% by the town council and 49% by the Réunion des Musées Nationaux

Leonardo e Venezia show is beautiful but misses the mark

Fiat’s cultural showplace, the Palazzo Grassi, collaborates for the first time ever with a Venetian museum

Charles Charles Hope
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Are the Italians fit to look after Venice?

A French magazine suggests that the Adriatic city should be put in the charge of the EC, echoing a proposal by the European Commissioner for the Environment

Leonardo da Vinci next at the next Palazzo Grassi

Leonardo the artist and the scientist will be on show

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Milan to be Italy's candidate for the European Agency for the Environment

Plans to replace Milan with Venice as a candidate have been scrapped