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Word: vendramini (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...surrenders to the argument that the proposed building on the Grand Canal to be designed by Frank Lloyd Wright will deface the architectural heritage in Venice [TIME, March 22], he surrenders to the principle which makes a city a museum piece and drains vitality from it ... Was the Palazzo Vendramini forbidden because, in style, it did not resemble the Ca d'Oro? Was the Church of Santa Maria della Salute forbidden because it did not resemble San Marco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 19, 1954 | 4/19/1954 | See Source »

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