Life and Death in Venice

[Part Three of a three-part series on our sojourn in Venice, Italy.]

James D. Priest

Some years ago, my wife Ilka and I visited Venice, Italy, a venerable city which—in its own stubborn way—has withstood the test of time. Born, nurtured, and established on the sandy islands of a lagoon, it flourished against all odds, and after only 200 years became a burgeoning and precocious world power. But many centuries later—as other societies have—it fell into adversity and decline. When its dominance finally ceased, Venice left a monument to its extraordinary past, as have other great civilizations. The Khmer people left a stunning temple, Angkor Wot, the Incas the spectacular ruins of Machu Picchu, and the Egyptians the Great Pyramids at Gi...

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