Garden sights in Venice
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Giardini Pubblici & Biennale
Modern angles and swing sets jutting out amid the greenery signal that you’re entering the Giardini, home to Venice’s Art Biennale. During the Art Biennale’s June–September run in odd years, curators and connoisseurs swarming national showcases ranging from Geza Rintel Maroti’s 1909 Secessionist-era Hungarian Pavilion, glittering with mosaics, to Peter Cox’s 1988 boxy yellow Australian Pavilion, frequently mistaken for a construction trailer. Carlo Scarpa contributed in one way or another from 1948 to 1972, trying to make the best of Duilio Torres’ Fascist 1932 Italian Pavilion (now the Palazzo delle Esposizione ) and building the entrance courtyard, the dar…
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