🎭 Carnevale di Venezia, the oldest Carnival celebration in the world, starts this weekend!

Some brief facts for you:
- Carnival comes from the Italian word Carnevale and it's the religious period in Christianity which starts after Epiphany and lasts until Ash Wednesday, when Lent (in Italian Quaresima) begins. During Carnevale nutritional "excesses" were allowed and everyone could eat meat (Carne in Italian) and drink wine, as opposed to the Quaresima period (40 days before Easter) which had nutritional restrictions and fasting rules.
- #Carnevale as a folk celebration started in Venice in Medieval times (some historians say in 1162) to celebrate the city's war victories.
- Carnevale became an official celebration in Venice during the #Renaissance, making it a unique symbol and a pride of the city: wearing masks was not allowed anywhere in the world for centuries, even during Carnival time. Only Venice allowed and encouraged masks, as all kinds of licences and pleasures with no social class distinctions. That's why Venice Carnival became so popular and a huge attraction for all other countries.
- #VeniceCarnival was abolished and outlawed by the Austrians when they occupied the city in 1798 and the tradition got lost as years went by.
- After a long absence Venice Carnival returned only in 1979.
#VeniceHistory #VeniceGuide

Some pictures of my Carnevale #WalkingTour 📸👇
https://youtu.be/k1hw7itl0bA

🎭 Venice Traditional Carnival Masks
📸 La Bauta
#VeniceMasks

🎭 Venice Traditional Carnival Masks
📸 Il Volto
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🎭 Venice Traditional Carnival Masks
📸 La Colombina
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🎭 Venice Traditional Carnival Masks
📸 Il Medico Peste
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📸 Venice Casino... the first ever gambling house in the world!

👉 Read History and why it's related to Wagner here

⛸ Skating in Venice?
Yes, we can 😃
📸 #SanPolo

🎥20 February 1998. Venice in Movie Series.
Dangerous Beauty an American biographical drama film directed by Marshall Herskovitz and starring Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, and Oliver Platt is released.
Entirely filmed in #Italy and mainly in Venice, the movie is based on the non-fiction book The Honest Courtesan by Margaret Rosenthal, about Veronica Franco, a courtesan in sixteenth-century Venice who becomes a hero to her city, but later the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.

#VeronicaFranco (1546–1591) was in fact a courtesan and a poet, known for her notable clientele, feminist advocacy, literary contributions, and philanthropy. Her humanist education and cultural contributions influenced the roles of Courtesans in the late Venetian #Renaissance.

#20February #VeniceMovies #VeniceHistory
Here's the Trailer👇

https://youtu.be/xYu37jF0d3c

📸 The white and red pole in the middle of this Campo marks the very centre of Venezia. #SanMarco

Carlo Goldoni Statue, one of the most known in Venice.

Carlo Goldoni was born on 25 February 1707.

👉 Who was Carlo Goldoni?

👉 His Places in Venice

📜 1 March.
"Cao de L'Ano" = New Year's Day.
No, I'm not yet (completely) crazy... in ancient Venice New Year's Day was on the 1rst of March and this uniqueness lasted until the 👉 end of the Venetian Republic in 1797.

This apparently bizarre mistake was in truth... the correct thing!
👉 Venice Republic adopted the ancient Roman calendar (abolished in 153 BC) according to which a year had 10 months (or periods), starting from Springtime (March). January and February did not exist.
That's why still today we have month names like September (=Sette, Seven), October (=Otto, Eight), November (=Nove, Nine), December (=Dieci, Ten).
The Gregorian Calendar (the one we all are used to) became the standard for every country after 1582..."more veneto" (= except Venice).

This city is unique in everything! 😉🤟❤️
#VeniceHistory #1March

🎥1 March 1971. Venice in Movie Series.
Death in Venice (original Italian title: Morte a Venezia) an Italian–French drama film directed in Panavision and Technicolor by Luchino Visconti, starring Dirk Bogarde and Björn Andrésen is released.
Based on the novella Death in Venice by the German author Thomas Mann, the film, despite raising controversies at the time in #Italy for treating subjects like homosexuality and adult love for adolescents, was considered a masterpiece.
💬 Plot. It's in fact the story of composer Gustav von Aschenbach who travels to Venice for rest, due to serious health concerns. In Venice, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio, who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.
Entirely filmed in Venice and at the #Lido, Morte a Venezia has become in following years a symbol of poetic and romantic decadence... perfectly picturing that atmosphere in Venice Lido.
#1March #VeniceMovies #VeniceFilmFestival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pxn49yWVJk

🎥 3 March 2000. Venice in Movie Series.
Bread and Tulips, in Italian Pane e Tulipani, romance comedy film directed by Silvio Soldini is released. The movie, mainly set in Venice, stars Licia Maglietta and Bruno Ganz as Rosalba Barletta and Fernando Girasole.
The film was an official selection at numerous film festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival: here's the trailer👇
#VeniceMovies #VeniceFilmFestival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_92dH8KhSc

👨‍🎨 5 March 1696. Born in Venice Giovanni Battista Tiepolo also known as Gianbattista, a prominent painter of the Rococo and Neoclassical styles, considered important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.

👉 Read Tiepolo History and Works

@Venice_Rocks

🎼9 March 1842. Giuseppe Verdi premières his Nabucco at Teatro La Scala in Milan.
🎼9 March 1844. Exactly 2 years later Verdi premières his Ernani at Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
These 2 are the most famous early works by #GiuseppeVerdi and establish him as the unrivaled Maestro of Italian Opera: worldwide known and appreciated for operas such as Nabucco, Macbeth, Rigoletto, Trovatore, Traviata, Don Carlos, Aida, Otello, Falstaff and for his sacred compositions, Verdi is still today sublimated by the numerous "Arias" and "Chorals" extracted from his operas and often perfomed all over the world.
Here I post a stunning performance 💓 at La Fenice in Venice of "Va, Pensiero, sull'Ali Dorate" from Nabucco, for sure one of the most representative songs for #Italy ever! Some say it should have become Italy's real national anthem.
#VeniceHistory #LaFenice #9March
👉 @Venice_Rocks

https://youtu.be/aiSSz0snWzA