Rovigo – Venezia. Tektonika nie-miejsca
Rovigo – Venice. Tectonics of a Non-place

Summary/Abstract: Rovigo and Venice are two localities in the Italian region of Veneto, situated several score kilometres apart. Rovigo does not feature tourist attractions and is absent on the map of travellers, while Venice, the town-monument, is an archetypical “place to visit”, described in detail in every guidebook. It would appear that Rovigo is a typical non-place on the borderline of non-existence, while Venice is a “place” firmly ensconced in the mythical geography of Italy and Europe. The author diametrically reversed all signs and demonstrated the non-obvious nature of such routine classification. By referring to texts about the two towns (Herbert – Rovigo; Agamben – Venice) he disclosed their unknown aspects and the dialectical place-non-place dimension. Rovigo turns out to be a genuine place, while Venice is phantom reality.

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