It hates the idea that it may have been careless with the Fenice.

ECONOMIST: The great Fenice mystery

He describes the Fenice fire, and the subsequent investigation that led to the conviction for arson of two electricians.

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Mr Allen happened to be filming in Venice when everyone was wondering how to raise the money to rebuild the Fenice.

ECONOMIST: The great Fenice mystery

Appeals for the Fenice have been made around the world, some of them in connection with the Venice in Peril Fund, which has been helping to restore bits of the city since it was damaged in the great floods of 1966.

ECONOMIST: The great Fenice mystery

The Fenice was empty.

ECONOMIST: The great Fenice mystery

Continue towards Campo di Santa Maria del Giglio, an area just west of the Piazza San Marco, where Woody Allen stalked Julia Roberts in the light-hearted comedy Everyone Says I Love You, then turn north to the theatre Teatro La Fenice and the nearby Ponte Maria Callas bridge, dedicated to American-born Greek opera singer Maria Callas who debuted at the theatre in 1947.

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Italy has brilliant architects who would have loved to have had the chance of designing a new Fenice, or at least of modernising the seating.

ECONOMIST: The great Fenice mystery