![]() ![]() But it had retained its cultural majesty and was a major tourist destination, much as it is today. ![]() The city, which had at various points been a formidable economic, military, and political powerhouse, had by Vivaldi’s birth declined in those respects. Vivaldi was one of them, and though he sought fame and fortune in travels far from Italy, he returned home to Venice, again and again. ![]() Their city’s great character is a reflection of their own. They speak their own language, eat foods unique to their former city-state, celebrate their own festivals. The city is, of course, nestled in Italy, but Venetians aren’t really Italians. Character is the word that comes to mind when I think of Antonio Vivaldi, that great son of Venice. ![]()
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