With historical roots dating back almost a millennium, the Venice Carnival is not only a staple for local life in the city, but an event that brings in tourists and partygoers from around the world. These 10 days of festivities, typically held at the beginning of February, bring out the true colors of Venice, animating the streets and squares with music, shows, parades, and world-class parties.The Flight of the Angel, or Il Volo dell’Angelo in Italian, is one of the public highlights of the Carnevale...
Carlo Alberto Scarpa, famous and important Venetian architect of the 20th century Italy, was born and studied in Venice at the Accademia. He began a flourishing activity as a designer at the Venini furnace, taking on its artistic direction in 1932. The beautiful Murrini, beautiful glass vases shaped by combining bright colors and minute geometric shapes, are born from the partnership with the Murano furnace.Throughout his career and since its beginnings, Scarpa frequented the artistic and intellectual...
Read the article published by Forbes, ''Live La Dolce Vita In These Sumptuous Venetian Villas'' written by the contributor Kitty Finstad Forbes Global Properties. ''Think of the history of Venice and grand canal-side palazzi come to mind. But from the 16th century to the fall of the Serenissima (the French-occupied Venetian Republic) in 1797, noble families would decamp from these palatial dwellings in the summertime, journeying by river on luxurious canopied floating vessels called burchielli....
The Italian Republic protects the national cultural heritage, recognizing it as an essential part of the identity of citizens and a fundamental aid to memory. For these reasons, it guarantees its accessibility to the public.The reference regulatory code is the decree d.lgs. n. 42 – 2004, known as the Code of the Cultural and Landscape Heritage (IT: Codice dei Beni Culturali e del Paesaggio). This set of articles recognizes as Cultural Heritage movable and immovable things, both of...
Every citizen of the European Union has the right to their own privacy and to the protection and confidentiality of their personal data and information. However, there are occasions in which a private individual must interface with companies and entities that request to gain possession of a certain category of information about him. In the real estate world for example, agencies must become aware of an important volume of information not only on their clients, but also on the properties and assets...
The Grand Canal in Venice is the city’s most important and largest waterway, on which the noble families of the Serenissima loved to build their impressive palazzi. It is no coincidence that the city’s most beautiful palaces are located right here on the Grand Canal, the principal waterway that divides the city in two. Traveling down Venice’s Grand Canal is like walking through an open-air museum. By taking the water bus (vaporetto) line 1 or line 2, you will feel like you are stepping back in time...
When a purchase proposal for a real estate property is signed and accepted, it becomes necessary to ensure that the sales contract is correctly registered.To complete the registration procedure it is important to fill in the Modello RAP, a form that allows you to forward the request to the Italian revenue agency Agenzia delle Entrate.The Form Modello RAP can be downloaded directly from the Agenzia Delle Entrate website, and is made up of several sections. Specific data on the signed contract must...
Home Staging can be an excellent real estate marketing strategy when trying to sell your apartment. For a buyer, visiting a properly valued property can make the difference in terms of impact.Without intervening with renovations, it is possible to transform a property thanks to a consultation of a Home Staging specialist.One of the main objectives of this type of consultancy is to enhance the spaces of your house, setting up the furnishings with the aim of attracting potential buyers.Setting up the...
Selling your property can be a quick task if you carefully select the right variables to position it on the market. Being able to find a buyer in the shortest possible time is every seller’s dream, yet it can often take over 12 months to close the sale.The time needed to carry out your projects is therefore never predictable, especially if you make mistakes in the evaluation of your property which prevent it from standing out in the eyes of potential interested individuals.For example, referring...
Investing in real estate through the acquisition of a house allows the investor to allocate their capital in a market that can provide them with a fixed, regular income in the form of rent. In Italy, the buying and selling of real estate has become a popular investment practice as tourists tend to search more and more to spend their holidays in a vacation home instead of a traditional hotel.Given these options, as an investor it is important to understand which is the most suitable approach for your...
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