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Lorenzo Da Ponte, Pietro Zaguri and Giacomo Casanova: A cultural triangle in eighteenth-century Venice

The relationship between Da Ponte, Zaguri and Casanova in Venice during the 1770s: shared readings, studies, friendships and tensions.

Pietro Zaguri author and architect: art, poetry and projects in eighteenth-century Venice

Pietro Zaguri’s literary and architectural works: poems, comedies, the façade of San Maurizio, projects for La Fenice, and his Rococo taste.

Who was Pietro Zaguri? Portrait of an eighteenth-century Venetian patrician

The life of Pietro Zaguri, a Venetian patrician and friend of Casanova: Levantine origins, the Grimani family, his role in Venetian society, and his final years during the decline of the Serenissima.