Venice's centuries-old culture, its buoyant, colourful art, the romantic pages of history, the richness, splendour and diversity of architecture that combined Byzantine, Eastern and Nordic influences all made Venice an ideal haven for artists, dreamers and poets. Handel and Gluck, Goethe and Byron, Georges Sand Musset, Surikov and Vrubel, Alexander Block and Hemingway were here. Venice is remembered for a long time, forever. She leaves no one indifferent, causing admiration, conquering with her beauty, giving joy or immersing in melancholic thoughts.