📜 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

🤴9 March 1789. The last Doge of The #Serenissima Republic of Venice is elected.

👉 Read History of The Last Doge

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📝 "It is always assumed that Venice is the ideal place for a honeymoon. This is a grave error. To live in Venice or even to visit it means that you fall in love with the city itself. There is nothing left over in your heart for anyone else."

- Peggy Guggenheim

📝“Getting lost is the only place worth going to.”

Tiziano Scarpa

Take me to your house, especially that quiet corner of your room where you've spent your childhood reading books...

📸 Venice Hidden Corners

📸 Venice
#20March #Solstice #Equinox #Spring

👨‍🎨 20 March 1597. Architect (not "Archistar") Antonio Da Ponte passes away in Venice aged 85.

👉 Click here and read the incredible story
of the architects family who build Rialto Bridge and the Bridge of Sighs.

@Venice_Rocks

🎥 21 March 1967. Venice in Movie Series.
The Honey Pot, an American crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz is released. It stars Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson, Capucine, Edie Adams, Maggie Smith, Adolfo Celi.
The film is entirely set in Venice, here's the trailer👇
#VeniceMovies #21March

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fFAv4oQ5V0

🎥 24 March 1982. Venice in Movie Series.
Le Cadeau 🎁 (English Title: Bankers Also Have Souls) is released in Italy as Il regalo. It's a French and Italian comedy directed by Michel Lang which stars a wonderful Claudia Cardinale. It is based upon the play written by Italo Terzoli and Enrico Vaime.
💬Plot: Gregoire is retiring after many years with the same bank, and his colleagues surprise him with the gift of a beautiful call girl, Barbara in his trip to Venice. Thinking she is a conquest, he pretends to be the bank president, leading to a comedy of mistaken identities.
Here's an abstract from the film 👇 Have you ever seen it?
#VeniceMovies #24March

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA3MxraQm7c

🎥 29 March 1939. Happy Birthday 🥳🍾 to actor Terence Hill from Venice... celebrated in this local hostaria on the #Giudecca island 📸☝️

👉 More on Terence Hill here