Venice, Italy News

Clothing giant Benetton is facing opposition from conservationists over plans to turn one of Venice's most prominent landmarks into a shopping 'megastore'. The retailer wants the 500-year-old Fondaco dei Tedeschi to become a collection of shops.

Brutocao and Bliss Family Vineyards, Hopland, CA is proud to announce the addition of Aaron Niderost as General Manager.

The Marion Art Center, located at 80 Pleasant Street, Marion, MA 02738 is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition of photographs by Neil Alexander entitled "Portraits" on Friday evening, March 9, 2012 from 6:00 - 8:00PM.A The exhibition will be in the Cecil Clark Davis Gallery and runs through April 24th.A Mr.

On February 9, 2012 Balzac Communications , based in Napa Valley; presented Italian Wine Masters a trade only event celebrated at Terra Gallery and Event Space in downtown San Francisco.

When it comes to popping the question, most women consider themselves to be lucky to be on the receiving end of a bended knee, bunch of flowers and a ring that fits.

Venice is one of those cities where the to-do item most often recommended isn't a museum or visiting a historical ruin or a gallery it's an activity that just calls for roaming around, entranced, at the everyday sights and sounds of this beautiful city.

The apartment - duplex is located in a Residence with swimming pool at the second floor, at 300 m from the sea and is composed as follows: the ground floor: the entrance, a large living room with kitchen, 2 bedrooms one bathroom, terrace.

Martina McBride leads a glamorous life as a country music superstar! But when it comes to parenting her three daughters, 2 teenagers and a 6-year-old, she's just like the rest of us Moms, and she too, deals with her fair share of 'teenage drama!' Martina does not pretend that she leads a complete fairy-tale life with her successful career and 3 ... (more)

Thursday's ad is a recent one for Heineken, in support of a music festival they sponsored, the Heineken Jammin' Festival in Venice, Italy.

Carnevale di Venezia is an annual festival, held in Venice, Italy. The Carnival starts around two weeks before Ash Wednesday and ends on Shrove Tuesday.

A cruise liner sails past the Giudecca canal in Venice, Italy. The fatal grounding of the Costa Concordia off the Tuscan coast has sharpened the focus on the largely unchecked boom of these ever-larger luxury liners.

La Punta della Dogana, Venice may be built on more than 100 islands and millions of wooden pilings, but its real foundation has always been international trade and tourism.

Artist Choi Jeong Hwa has been a feature of the international contemporary art scene since the early 1990s; the Los Angeles Times named him "the internationally recognised leader of Korea's pop art movement." His aesthetic is large, bright, and surreal; he has been called a Korean Jeff Koons.

Once a year la Serenissima reverts to its true and elemental nature, as the ghosts come out and history can be felt on every narrow bridge and alleyway.

Dubai's hotel sector posted a strong performance for 2011, which bucked the generally negative trends in the MiddleEast/Africa region for hotel occupancy, according to London-based consultancy STR Global.

Design evokes emotion. The hallmarks of beauty -- symmetry, form and context -- create a mood that surpasses the merely physical form.

1. The enormous gorge of the Colorado River 2. The major waterway in Venice, Italy 3. Any of several international road races for sports cars 4. The theft of property of a value exceeding a set amount 5. A chess player having the highest level of ability

Creighton's championship hopes are in danger of turning into roadkill. The 17th-ranked Bluejays dropped their second straight Missouri Valley game away from home Tuesday night, scoring just one point in the final five minutes and 25 seconds of a 65-57 loss to Evansville before an announced crowd of 5,128 at the Ford Center.

Hostaria Piave, a modern Italian restaurant in Redondo Beach with roots in Venice is so committed to authenticity that I'm frankly surprised to find the menu translated into English.

When I spent some months in Venice, Italy, years ago, my friend Paolo would show up at dinner parties with prosciutto.