"While defending its tacit interests, it seems that Venice adopted a firm yet noticeably benevolent approach towards all kinds of foreigner drawn not only by its prestige and wealth but also by the chance to ply a trade, indeed make money or, when all was said and done, live a better life there than anywhere else, anywhere else being those countries from which they were being driven by wars and expulsions." #LostCities #MemoriesOfFutureToCome