Events
Feast of Our Lady of Health 21.11.2011
Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute This celebration goes back to the serious spread plague in Venice in the war against Austria in 1630. The Senate and the Doge Nicolo Contarini decided to have recourse to the intercession of the Virgin, vowing to build a temple in his name when the scourge had ceased.In November 1631, finally ended the plague, the government hastened to fulfill his promise. A design architect. Baldassare Longhena, we started building the temp...MORE
54. International Art Exhibition ILLUMInations
54. International Art Exhibition 4th June > 27th November 2011 ILLUMInations The 54th International Art Exhibition, directed by Bice Curiger, is open at the Giardini and Arsenale venues (opening hours: 10 am to 6 pm, closed on Mondays) and elsewhere around Venice. TICKETS >>The exhibition is titled ILLUMInations and set up in the Central Pavilion at Giardini and Arsenale featuring 83 artists from all over the world. Also exhibited 89 Nat...MORE
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America's Cup WS 2012 in Venice
The America's Cup arrives in Venice between 12 and 20 May 2012 and again in April 2013.There will be 10 teams, 30 races planned.MORE
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The Venice Biennale
This is a non-profit body that is supported by the Italian state. The name “Biennale” comes from the fact that the event takes place every two years, with the exception of the annual Film Festival. On the occasion of the International Art Exhibition, the great variety of artistic sectors, techniques, countries and artists involved in the exhibition are to be found throughout the entire city: palazzi, private apartment, squares, canals, and public buildings are all used as exhibi...MORE
Venice Marathon 23.10.2011
The Venice Marathon is a marathon road race that has been held each year in Venice since 1986, usually in October. The race is currently sponsored by Casino di Venezia (Venice Casino), and thus it is known as the Casino di Venezia Venice Marathon.MORE
Theatre Biennale
41st International Theatre Festival The 41st International Theatre Festival will run in Venice from 10th to 16th October, conceived as a festival-workshop. Catalan director Àlex Rigola has planned the event just like an “agora of theatre” by calling leading figures in the international scene to be part of it.Program - Tickets >>Workshops, conferences and meetings – with an average 5 events per day and over 40 events overall - are included in the...MORE
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The Regata Storica 04.09.2011
The Regata Storica this year will take place Sunday, Sept. 4. In the early years of the Serenissima, rowing was a common way of having fun and spending one’s free time in the Venice Lagoon and there were different kinds of boats. This amateur sport soon developed into fully fledged competitions to see who could row the fastest and longest, the rules and regulations of which became more and more precise. The first time the word regatta actually appeared was in...MORE
68. The Venice Film Festival
The 68th festival is scheduled to take place from 31 August to 10 September 2011. The Venice Film Festival (Italian Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica) is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido, Venice, Italy. Screenings take place in the historic Palazzo del Cine...MORE
Venice Carnival
The origins of Carnival are centuries old and are first documented in papers by Doge Vitale Falier in 1094, speaking of public enjoyment when the word Carnival was mentioned for the first time. The first official document that declared the Venice Carnival was a public celebration is an edict dating 1296 when the Senate of the Republic declared the day before Lent to be a public holiday. The anonymity guaranteed by the masks and costumes meant there was a sort of equality amo...MORE
Su e zo per i ponti 10/04/2011
The Su e zo per i ponti is a non-competitive run held in Venice between March and April. The run starts in the Piazza San Marco, in front of the Doge's Palace. Runners follow a route characteristic of the city, which leads them through calli (streets), campi (squares) and ponti (bridges). The name makes reference to this route (su and zo are up and down respectively in the Venetian language). Different routes are laid out for various age groups, and beverage is available along the track. Ru...MORE
The Festa della Sensa (Celebration of the Ascension) 05.06.2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011 This was a celebration of the Venetian Republic to mark the day of Ascension of Christ (Sensa in Venetian dialect). The Marriage of the Sea is also celebrated on this occasion. Established around 1000 AD, this ceremony consisted in the solemn procession of boats with the Doge’s vessel at the head (the Bucintoro since 1253), that left the lagoon via the port mouth of the Lido. Here, in the waters behind the church dedicated to Saint Nicholas, the p...MORE
The Vogalonga 12.06.2011
This is a “non-competitive” rowing regatta that takes place in Venice in the month of May. Its origins go back to a regatta that took place on November 11th 1974 amongst a group of Venetians, both amateurs and professionals, who decided to establish a regatta for all the lovers of Venetian rowing, i.e. standing up, to revive this ancient tradition. On January 26th 1975 this idea actually became fact with an official announcement that the Vogalonga was to be established, ...MORE
The Celebration of the Redentore 16-17.07.2011
Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 July 2011 The Celebration of the Redentore is to commemorate the construction of the Church of the Redentore, in accordance with the wishes of the Venetian Senate (4th September 1576) as an ex-voto in thanks for the liberation of the city from the plague in 1575-1577, which caused the death of over a third of the city’s inhabitants in just two years. When the plague ended in July 1577, the decision was taken to celebrate the liberation...MORE
