On that winter's night in 1753, Giacomo Casanova spared no expense in seducing the bewitching nun who had escaped her convent to spend the evening with him.Disguised in men's clothing and brought to him by gondola, 'M.M.' was welcomed by Casanova at one of the many opulent love nests available for rent in Venice, then the illicit pleasure capital of Europe.His memoirs described how one room was decorated with porcelain tiles depicting 'couples whose voluptuous postures inflamed the imagination'.
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