Teatro La Fenice (“The Phoenix”) is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of the most famous theatres in Europe, the site of many famous operatic premieres. Its name reflects its role in permitting an opera company to “rise from the ashes” despite losing the use of two theatres (to fire and legal problems respectively). Since opening and being named La Fenice, it has burned and been rebuilt twice more.
#also i just found out a thing called town-twinning which is probably a well-known term but whatev the point is istanbul is twinned with venice barcelona prague and london aka my fav places on earth - this really pleases me #ugh gr8 now that i mentioned it i'll go abuse gaudi on google until midnight and do nothing else
6 months ago on November 10, 2011 at 10:23pm with 196 notes
6 months ago on November 10, 2011 at 10:23pm with 196 notes
