The people had once created the city. The city now created the people, or, more exactly, the people of Venice now identi — Peter Ackroyd, Venice: Pure City
The people had once created the city. The city now created the people, or, more exactly, the people of Venice now identi — Peter Ackroyd, Venice: Pure City
The people had once created the city. The city now created the people, or, more exactly, the people of Venice now identi — Peter Ackroyd, Venice: Pure City
The people had once created the city. The city now created the people, or, more exactly, the people of Venice now identi — Peter Ackroyd, Venice: Pure City
The people had once created the city. The city now created the people, or, more exactly, the people of Venice now identi — Peter Ackroyd, Venice: Pure City
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The people had once created the city. The city now created the people, or, more exactly, the people of Venice now identified themselves more in terms of the city. The private had become public.

— Peter Ackroyd, Venice: Pure City
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