Venice

Made in China? The remarkable tale of Venice’s iconic winged lion

Over the centuries, its ears have been shortened, its wings have been changed – the sculpture even once had horns that were shorn off at some point

The Hotel Bauer, located on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, has attracted bids of more than 275 million euros (S$399.4 million).

Billionaire Arnault said to join race for Signa’s Venice hotel

BILLIONAIRE Bernard Arnault has joined the chase to purchase a storied Venice hotel, one of the trophy assets put on the market in the messy fallout from the implosion of Rene Benko’s Signa Group.

In Venice, given the city’s more than 150 canals, it is hard to take two steps without a view of water.
LIFE & CULTURE

Venice and the memory of water

The essential ingredient of life is also a conduit for human connection