Mimi Todhunter
Interior designer, entertainer, traveler Hostess at Palazzo D’uodo Venice, Italy Photography: Milda Bendoraityte Text: Alge Ramanauskiene
- You’ve lived in Venice now for more than 10 years. Do you remember your first acquaintance with this idyllic city? Was it love at first sight? - I first came to Venice between Christmas and New Year in 1978. It was cold and crisp and the magic of the city captivated me. We stayed at the Daniele Hotel and I fell in love with their linen sheets! I had a magical time and never thought for a minute that I would live there. - How do you see Venice and why you love this place so much? What are your favorite places in this town? - It is a great privilege to live in such a city. It is an open museum, every street has a story, every corner - a part of history.
- Your home is the gorgeous 15th century Palazzo D’uodo. What is the most interesting story this building could tell us from the past? - All the houses on the Grand Canal were owned by merchants and for centuries Venice controlled the trade with the East bringing immense wealth. The base of the palazzo is stone from Istria, which is not porous. An Opera researcher from the United States believes that G. F. Busenello lived there and wrote the libretto of l’Incoronazione di Poppea in 1642 for the Carneval of 1643. We are still trying to find more about who has lived there over the years.
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