Venice

  "And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp’d towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yes, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind."

Hecht’s “Venetian Vespers” 














And recommended http://gregorydowling.com/my-walk-across-desolate-venice/