Byron Laguna Inn Hotel Mestre Venice , offers you a complete list of annual events in Venice and an updated list of cultural and artistic events in Venice:
Venice Carnival
The Venice Carnival is the most internationally known festival celebrated in Venice, Italy, as well as being one of the oldest. This congregation of masked people, called Venice Carnival, began in the 15th century, but the tradition can be traced back to
Festa del Redentore
The Festa del Redentore is an event held in Venice on the third Saturday and Sunday in July. The Redentore began as a feast to give thanks for the end of the terrible plague of 1576, which killed 50,000 people, including the great painter Tiziano Vecellio
Festa della Salute
The magnificent, domed church of Salute was built by decree to commemorate a great plague which lasted for two years, from 1630-31. The city was delivered thanks to the intercession of the Virgin Mary and each November the event is remembered in
St. Mark's Festival in Venice
Venetians used to sanctify the 25th of April far before that date became the actual National Holiday of Italy liberation. April the 25th is indeed the holiday of the Patron Saint of the city, whose relic, which was on Islamic territory in Alexandria of Aegypt, was transferred in Venice in
Palio delle Antiche Repubbliche Marinare
There is an historical event that ties Venice to the other three Italian Maritime Republic, the Palio delle Antiche Repubbliche Marinare. The common aspect of these four port cites is that all of them were, in the past, the most important
The Regata storica
The Regata Storica is one of the most distinguishing and typical celebration of Venice. It takes place on the water, the distinguished element that has always characterized this particular city. The Regatta takes place on the water of the longest and
Festa della Sensa
The Festa della Sensa is one of the most old ceremony of Venice. It opens the first week of September with a procession of more than 100 boats on which people parade with the most representative customs of the ancient city and of the North Italy. It commemorates two important events of the city. The first one is traced back to the year 1000, when the naval fleet
Marriage to the sea
The Doge of the Serenissima used this rite to demonstrate the Republic's dominion in the gulf. Aside from legend and tradition, the ceremony probably had Byzantine origins, or could even have been based on ancient pagan propitiators. The doge and his entourage embarked on the
The 'Su e zo per i ponti' marathon
The “Su e Zo per i ponti” that in Venetian means up and down bridges, was conceived by Father Dino Berti. What he wanted to create was a non-competitive track event to enjoy Venice in a funnier way. In fact, to this amazing race take part group of people both from Venice
Vogalonga
Amongst the many events that take place in Venice, the Vogalonga is one of the most recent. Once more, the indisputable tie between Venice and the water is remarked thanks to this rowing marathon in which any kind of rowing ship takes part. For this occasion motorboats cannot sail canals to leave space to the most characteristic and ancient boats of the city
The Venice Marathon
Amongst the many events that Venice arranges during all over the year, the Su e Zo per I Ponti and the Venice Marathon are those that offer participants to visit Venice in a more sportive way, running along its calli and campi discovering hidden but suggestive places and enjoying picturesque panoramas. But if the first on
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