DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE
Ambasciatori Hotel Venice Mestre
- TAPESTRY COLLECTION BY HILTON -
Mestre is located about 10 km from Venice , and it is where most Venetians moved after overtourism hit their island .
Technically Mestre belongs to Venice ( it ’ s one of the six boroughs that make up the island city ) but physically they are completely different places : one on the water , Venice , and one on the mainland , Mestre .
Mestre ’ s history goes back to the Middle Ages , though it was always overshadowed by its powerful neighbour Venice . Unlike Venice , it had no lagoon to protect it , and the fortifications here were battled over , conquered , destroyed and rebuilt in the warring and squabbling that went on throughout mainland Italy for centuries . Even after the town was taken over by Venice in the fourteenth century , it was still at the mercy of occasional attacks from Venice ’ s enemies .
Photos : Paolo Fusco
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