Urban Readings club

Urban Readings #1 — If Venice Dies by Salvatore Settis

Urban Readings is a monthly book club in Milan exploring cities through different lenses - design, architecture, sociology, politics, history, technology and many others.

For our first meeting, we will discuss "If Venice Dies" by Salvatore Settis, an art historian, who provided reflections on the crisis of historic cities under the pressures of mass tourism, real estate speculation, and cultural commodification

Duration: 1,5 hour
Who can join: anyone interested in cities and urban life
Language: English