Venice is complex and hard to pierce. It constantly oscillates between glorious past and uncertain present, between enchantment and fragility, between a fairy tale and the harsh reality of an endangered ecosystem. Venice is no sleeping beauty, crystallized in the past; it is as alive and dynamic as the water of its lagoon.
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