Tag: festa delle marie
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2022 Venice Carnival: Is it worth visiting?
The special thing about the Venice Carnival are the colorful masks that allow you to hide your personality and slip into a new role. The fanciful costumes are works of art and can be bought in Venice at these very prices. The Venice Carnival has a centuries-old tradition; even Casanova loved the colorful hustle and… Read more
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Mysteries and Traditions of Festa delle Marie in Venice – The Marian Feast Behind the Veil
The Festa delle Marie in Venice is one of the most important events of the Venetian Carnival: it stages the famous kidnapping as well as the subsequent rescue of twelve brides that happened in Venice at the time of Doge Candiano III in 943. Since the ninth century, it had been the custom in Venice… Read more