📜15 April 1423. Francesco Foscari is elected as the 65th Doge of the Republic of Venice. His "dogado" (=reign) will last 34 years until his death in 1457 and it's the longest of all Doges in Venetian history!
👉 Read here why Foscari is a crucial figure for Venice

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Venice International Artisan Guitar Show... finally 🎸👍

👨‍🎨 19 April.
Today we remember 2 of the most prominent Venetian painters, who passed away in Venice on this day:

👉 Paolo Veronese (1528 - 19 April 1588)

👉 Canaletto (28 October 1697 - 19 April 1768)

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📜👨‍🎨 Venice Art Biennale, one of the world's most famous and important art exhibitions, starts this weekend and will last until November 2022.
The #ArtBiennale, a contemporary visual art exhibition so called because it is held biennially, is the original biennale on which others in the world have been modeled. The Biennale Foundation in Venice supports the arts as well as organizing the following separate #VeniceEvents:

- Art Biennale- International Art Exhibition, Biennally since 1895
- Architecture Biennale - International Architecture Exhibition, Biennally since 1980
- Biennale Musica - International Festival of Contemporary Music, Annually in September/October since 1930
- Biennale Teatro - International Theatre Festival, Annually in July/August since 1934
- #VeniceFilmFestival - International Film Festival, Annually in August/September since 1932
- Dance Biennale - International Festival of Contemporary Dance, Annually in June since 1999
- International Kids' Carnival since 2009
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