luridities

Updated: June 21, 2025

There is a church at one end which, having lost its sanctity, is now a cinema theatre, with luridities pasted on the walls. There is another ancient building converted into a cinema at the opposite end. Between these alluring extremities are various cafés, each with its chairs and tables, and each with a gramophone that pours its notes into the night.

E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas - A Wanderer in Venice