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In this "area" you'can found, month for month, the traditional manifestations that animate Venice during all the year. A time, all the population participated, noble bourgeois and people, to these ceremonies, in which meant civil and the religious value they joined and they got confused in the celebration of the power and the unit of the State.
Everyone was al time same watching and actor, every inhabitant was felt directed partecipe of the solennity, second the spirit and the will of the venetian government who wanted every citizen protagonist of the political life of the entire city.
Some of these festivities with the end of the Republic were little by little forgotten, but others still today continue to live again in the fields.

CALENDAR
		2002	2003
	Carnival	from 7 january to 12 february	from 28 january to 4 march
	La Sensa festivity	12 may
	"Redentore"festivity	20 e 21 july
	Historical regatta	1° september
	Madonna della Salute	21 november	21 november
	San Marco	25 april	25 april
	Vogalonga	19 may
	Su e zo per i ponti	21 april
	VeniceMarathon	27 october
	Venice Floating Show	23 february 3 march
	Palio delle Repubbliche Marinare	last time in 1999
	Premio letterario Campiello
	La Biennale
	Cinema festival	end of august first of september	end of august first of september
	San Pietro di Castello festivity	last week of june	last week of june
	Venezia suona	midle of june	midle of june
	Regata delle Befane	6 january	6 january

Carnival
in 2003 will be from 28th january to 4th march.
The first news on the venetian Carnival is found in laws of the State, private actions or reports of festivities, documents in which the nomination making oneself reference to the Christian interpretation of the Latin term carrus navalis, processionali wagons to ship shape, used to Rome in the purification rituals and asks for, than they were celebrated in February, last month of the roman calendar. But second other documents, interpret you from illustrious students, seem that the name drifts from the Latin carnem to levare (to remove the meat), in reference to the ancient medieval tradition to celebrate, to the term of along period of dedicated to the divertimenti, a banquet "of goodbye to the meat" the previous evening the Wednesday of ashes, in forecast of the fasts and the quaresimali penances.
In the 1296 Fat Tuesday it comes declared festive from the Senate.
To Venice the Carnival embraced a period of time much along, with a preview to first of October in coincidence with the opening of the theatres.
The true Carnival and just began the day of Stefano Saint, when the Government gave the licence to carry the mask.
The road parties culminated with the Fat Thursday and the Wednesday of Ashes was concluded the antecedent day. From the half of the ' 400 to the end of the ' 500 the organization of the carnevalesche festivities was remitted to the Companies of the Stocking, associations of patrizi young people marked from stockings uniforms to quarters of various colors.
Carnival meant rappresentations in theatres, palaces, coffees and the reduced ones, but above all it was a climate of diffused festivity in which popular and noble in mask dancers and ciarlatani, to vendors of balsams and cooked apples stirred themselves to, to comedians of the art and charmers of snakes. In this climate of festivity the mask represented the only possibility, in a society in which social barriers existed, of being considers all equal ones you. The more usual disguise to Venice in the 1700's was the bauta that it consisted initially in larva (the mask of color black, then oilcloth white woman), in the bauta properly said of merlon and veil, in tricorno (the black hat to three tips) and in tabarro black (the cape of silk or wool). Numerous they were the rituals and the ceremonies initially of pagana derivation that were transformed then in the celebration of the power and the largeness of the Most serene one.
In the Machine of Fires the war was identified, in the Forces of Ercole the skill of the veneziani in storming walls them of Aquileia, in the Dance of the Moresca the battle, in the Cut of the head to the Taurus the justice, in the Flight of the Angel the peace. In the 1979 some city associations have ridato life to one tradition by now abandoned supported from the enthusiasm and the participation of the city. From then, before the Communal Administration then the Committee of the Consortium for the Carnival, organizes and promotes the carnevalesche manifestations that carry out to Venice and in the Mainland in the ten antecedent days the Wednesday of Ashes.

Festa de La Sensa
Sunday of the Ascension (Sensa for the veneziani) tradition sees to repeat one beloved to Venice: the Sposalizio with the Sea.
If historically the "Sensa" is the fruit of a superimposition in the time of rituals and civil and religious manifestations, today it is preferred to attribute the meant one of festivity of the Sea and therefore of festivity of the city that it draws from its relationship with the sea, life reason.
The festivity of the "Sensa", Ascension in Christ, was the greater veneziana celebration to the times of the Republic, moreover it assumed a particular importance for the great number of pilgrims who found themselves in city, in the primaverile period, in attended of a boarding on directed veneziane ships in Saint Earth.
The celebration of the "Sensa" is made to go back to the 998, when the guided veneziana fleet from doge Peter Orseolo II left the day of the Ascension, christened from the Bishop, to the liberation of the Dalmatia. The victorious enterprise imposed that every year in that day the doge, to edge of one sfarzosa ship from parade, Bucintoro call, threw in before waters the church of Saint Nicolò of the Lido, a ring, symbol of the power and the dominion of the city on the sea. Today the festivity survives with a similar cerimoniale: the Mayor, followed from the highest city authorities and the Patriarch of Venice, embarks itself around to hours 10 from the wharf of Saint Mark on the Bucintoro.
The formed watery corteo from the historical boats and those of the veneziane sport societies comes escorted from military naval units and average disembarkation and slowly heads towards prospicienti waters the tempio of Saint Nicolò of the Lido. Here, after the blessing, it comes thrown between flutti the beneaugurante ring. It follows in church one Put solemn. In the afternoon the festivity continues with two regattas of voga to veneta and the other manifestations collaterals which a concert of classic music, paraded in historical custom, teatrali shows and the Fair of the Sensa.

Festa del "Redentore"
The Festivity of the "Redentore", one of the most ancient veneziane popular festivities, celebrates every year in the third party fine week of July: it is the loved festivity more and more felt from the veneziani that it sees, for a ritual that is repeated from 400 years, hundred of boats to assemble itself in the river basin of Saint Mark to admire and to attend fires of midnight artifice.
The history tells that, after three years of terrible epidemic, doge the Sebastiano Venier melted the ballot, made from its predecessore Alvise Mocenigo, to erect a tempio of thanks to the Redentore, in the island of the Giudecca.
The assignment was entrusted to the Palladium that in 1579 placed the first stone: then it was consecrated in 1592. The 21 July 1578, in the place in which it had been decided was erected the tempio, was constructed an altar with tabernacolo to the open and in 4 days a bridge formed from 80 galee was thrown through the channel of the Giudecca. An immense crowd of veneziani, escapes you to the terrible epidemic, it crossed it aware that the mournings and the misfortunes were finish to you. When the tempio was constructed, the doge it established that the third Sunday of July was destined to the pilgrimage.
Very soon people, for fear not to find place for the ceremony, arrived to the Giudecca the evening before and lì the night passed all in order then to attend rising of the sun to the Lido. Although they are passes to you more than 4 centuries from its institution, the festivity of the "continuous Redentore" to carry out itself in the same places and with the same modalities. The city is joined to the Giudecca from a bridge that crosses the channel of the Giudecca and that it comes mounted on modern floating platforms.
The character of popular festivity is remained intact: the veneziani are the true protagonists of the festivity with their exquisitely prepared boats, the roof-terraces, the terraces and the campielli it illuminates to you from migliaia of lights: approximately 1.500 they are the boats that are assembled in Saint river basin Mark while it can be calculated that 30,000 are the persons who, from the water and the rivers assist to the festivity.
The festivity has its apex towards midnight with artifice fires, dislocates on pontoni distributed along a forehead of 400 meters between the river basin of Saint Mark and the channel to you of the Giudecca.
From the 1978 they are accompanies to you from musics and are, for unanimous judgment, between beautifulst of the world. Ended "fires" the boats set off on the Lido where they attend, for tradition, rising of the sun. Sunday instead is dedicated to the religious celebrations of thanks, to which the civil and religious authorities participate to all and to the competitions sport: a regatta of young people on pupparini (fast boats used a time for the marine vigilance) and one regatta of the champions on gondolas to two addles.

Historical Regatta
The competitions to remiere are preceded from the historical corteo sontuoso constituted from splendid boats rich carved and adorned with hundreds of figuring in splendid customs of broccato.
The historical corteo recalls them prevails them paid acceptances the Most serene one to the Queen of Cyprus, Caterina Cornaro, which ' had made dono' in 1489 of its reign Venice.
After the historical corteo they parade the boats of representation of the several sport societies to remiere of the city (approximately one sessantina). The Councillorship to the Tourism prepares for the occasion, in proximity of Ca' Foscari the "Machina" (theater box of honor for the authorities), where they give centuries conclude the veneziane regattas.
The true and own contests are four (ognuna on particular boats): before it is classified to the Young, the second one to the Women, third to male crews (on caorline to 6 addles) and the quarter constitutes the clou of the manifestation that is sees the famous champions of the addle to attempt on "gondolini" that they are a agonistica esasperazione of the gondola and come used exclusively in the maximum city remiera competition.
The manifestation more traditional than Venice. It is born in 1315 in order to celebrate the largeness of the Most serene Republic. In first part of the day the Historical Corteo in memory of Caterina Cornaro is carried out, Queen of Cyprus, than in 1489 it reached Venice for sugellare the gift of the own island to Venice. A long series of boats to addles and vogatori in custom parades lingo the Large Canal.

Madonna della Salute
ever year: 21st november
The "Madonna of the Health", than celebrates 21 annually November, is the festivity that to tutt' today expresses choral the city religiosità, a festivity of the veneziani in which that irreplaceable good is remembered that is the health, understanding like corporal good and spiritual.
It wants to remember one of the virulente epidemics than plague of the modern age and like the doge, seeming useless all the remedies, church dedicated to the Vergine, entitled made ballot solemn to erect one Saint Maria of the Health. With decreasing of the epidemic the construction of the church was begun on plan of Baldassarre Longhena. Some later decade Francisco Morosini carried from Candia the painting of a Madonna of 1200 that for decree of the Senate, 21 November 1670, was destined to the altar greater.
The Madonna, from those 21 November, was called Madonna of the Health. From then the votiva visit it is carried out annually in this day. As it is happened for other religious festivities, beside the church, on the before large square, one sacred rose very soon and prospered the commerce of the wandering that they sold pevarini, zaleti, bussolai and frito them and above all candles to bring in church during the traditional visit of devozione and thanks.
The evening, in family or the taverns, repeats an ancient rituale, to one warm and perfumed pietanza, the castradina, one zuppa of meat of montone, essiccata and salata, cooking more times with leaves than verza. In the pressed ones of the church it comes erected for little days a fourth bridge on the Large Canal between S.Maria of the Giglio and the opposite river in order to facilitate the access of the faithfuls. The bridge in wood has one length of 62 meters, one width of 3.50 meters and the maximum height of 4.5. All around to the Basilica stalls with the candles of every dimension are found but also vendors of dolciumi, balloons color to you and giocattoli for the joy of the children.

San Marco
every year: 25 april
Day 25 you open them is the festivity of Saint Mark, patron of the city.
Anciently in this day one carried out in Public square a famous processione which religious authorities participated, civil and representatives of the limbs.
Still today Saint Mark celebrates with one processione in Basilica. Between the veneziani extremely the custom is diffused to donate in this day "bocolo", a bocciolo of rose, to the women who more love themselves.

Vogalonga
this year (2002): 9 may
The manifestation, been born 28 years ago on initiative of a group of loving veneziani of the voga and the traditions of the "Most serene one", with the scope sensibilizzare the veneziani to the problem of the ondoso motion, has gone more and more becoming rich of above all foreign presences arriving until 1500 boats enrolled.
Since the morning a great number of boats of every type and shape that attend the way in order to begin a distance of approximately 30 km, than snoda between the islands are assembled in Saint River basin Mark of forehead to the Ducale Palace of the lagoon re-entering itself to Venice through the River of Cannaregio, with arrival to the Tip of Customs.
The succeeded one of the manifestation has been is an incentive to the society formation to remiere that an impulse to the handicraft connected to the restoration and the construction of boats, than it was being extinguished. The participation to the Vogalonga, not competitive manifestation, becomes for all also a riscoperta occasion of of the lagoon, of its landscapes, its habitat.

Su e zo per i ponti
it is carried out in usual spring (after half you open them) On and Zo For the Bridges is between the numerous not competitive podistiche contests, that they are involved the city in all the seasons.
To the march, than the date is carried out in a Sunday of March (changes every year), participates beyond to the numerous veneziani, also nourished coming from groups from various places. The distance leaving from the bridge of the Straw snoda along calluses, deeply and fields of the city, crossing nearly all the sestieri until the Saint goal of Public square Mark.

VeniceMarathon
One of most important Marathon of the world with the passage between the patrizie villas of the coast of the Brenta and the arrival in historical center to Venice.
The contest carries out on the official olympic length (42 km. e.195 meters) and draft of before maratona the Italian one recognized of the A.I.M.S. (Association of International Marathons and Road Races) inserted in the international calendar of the I.A.A.F. (International Athletic Amateurs Federation).
The distance leaves from the Villa Pisani di Stra (PD), costeggia the Brenta river passing for Fiesso, Mira, Dolo, Oriago, Marghera and Mestre graze Public square S. Mark and arrive in River Seven Martyrdoms in the pressed ones of the Garden of the Biennial one.
It's by now a "classic one" of the marato one Italian and is conquering year after year space and participation to international level. In some occasion - as in edition 1999- the athletes are themselves find to you forced to cross some features invaded from the ill-famed high water. Venice... universal patrimony of beauty and history.
The loved and dreammed city more, "the only" city for the dolcezza of its silenzi, for the fascination of its fogs, for the brightness of its colors between calluses, channels and palaces. The maratona... much more than one sport competition. A epica adventure that sinks its roots in the legend, the sport gesture more emblematic fascinating and, heroic and at the same time moving, just conclusion of every Olimpiade.
Venicemarathon is been born from desire to more find a point of encounter between the city loved and fragile of the world and the sport gesture more classic, in the firm conviction that give this enterprise could be born an other, nth way to interpret Venice and of living one Maratona. Because, in bottom, a maratona it is not run, it is lived. The council that offers the great Emil to us Zatopek, winner of the 5,000, the 10,000 and of the maratona is this to Olympic Games of 1952: "If you want to run, you run a mile. If you want to experience an other life, you run one maratona ".

VENICE FLOATING SHOW
One extension of all the innovationes boats with regard to boats of every kind.

PALIO DELLE REPUBBLICHE MARINARE
A challenge anniversary disputed between the four Ancient Republics Marinare Italian (Venice, Genoa, Amalfi and Pisa) that to turn they organize the regatta. The last edition disputed to Venice has been that one of 1999.
The boats - perfectly equal they are to eight vogatori more the helmsman, with fixed seats and the minimal weight of 750 kg..
They are constructed in glass-reinforced plastic and they have different colors and polene.
The contest is carried out on a 1800-2000 distance meters and to Venice the goal is in front of the Piazzetta S.Marco in river basin. The regatta is preceded from a great corteo more than 300 persons.
The reproduced customs on designs of the age, the flags, vessilli and the horses are protagonists of this event.

PREMIO LETTERARIO CAMPIELLO
(settembre-cortile Palazzo Ducale)
It comes instituted from the Associations of the Manufacturers of the Veneto in 1962.
Today it is one of more prestigious the literary prizes of Italy. The works of novellistic published can only participate in volume for before the time. One giuria popular of 300 readers designates the absolute winner choosing it between a selection of five finalists signals to you from one giuria of men of letters and of criti to us.
The "Campiello" has rewarded some between the greatest representatives of the literature of the ' 900: First Levi with "Tregua"(1963) and" If not quando?"(1982) Sgorlon with "the shell and Carl, hour throne legno"(1973)" of Anataj"(1983), Ignazio Silone with "the adventure of a poor one cristiano"(1968), Mario Soldiers with" the attore"(1970), Dacia Maraini with "the long life of Marianna Ucrìa"(1990), Antonio Tabucchi with" Supports Pereira "(1994). International point of reference in the field of the contemporary art, the Biennial one of Venice is exposure and search in the fields of the visual limbs, music, we danced, architecture, cinema and theatre.

INTERNAZIONALE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
(end of augst - starting of september)
Every year to the August end comes installed in S.Polo field (therefore like to Marghera) a cinema to the open. This is the first sign of what it will be the main event of september: the International Extension of Cinematographic Art or more affectionately the "Extension of the Cinema". In this period all it is focused on it: the articles on newspapers, the inserti, the provocazioni, some subject of gossip, the voices of the arrival in city of star(s) Americans; the people of get passionate to you organize stakes in front of the Palace of the Cinema or to he lodges more rinomati in order to tear a photo or an autograph to idolo preferred and therefore the "color" that encircles this cultural event ends nearly always in order to exceed the interest for films in competition.
58a Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica
Lungomare Marconi, Palazzo del Cinema
30126 Lido di Venezia
Tel.+39-041-2726501
Fax +39-041-2726520
e-mail: das@labiennale.com

FESTA DI S.PIETRO DI CASTELLO
(last week of September)
One festivity little known outside city but - and perhaps just for this much genuine one. The day more important is the 29 june, day of Knows Peter and Paul to you. In the last field in grass remained to Venice in front of the former cathedral of Venice (the church of S.Pietro di Castello) prepares a mercatino, gastronomici stalls and kiosks with the veneziani typical plates. Shows and you play finally of make an occasion in order to visit a little attended end of Venice.

VENEZIA SUONA

The first edition was carried out alone in 1999 but Venice Sound already has become a great city event.
From first afternoon (15,30) and until advanced evening every angle of the city it receives choruses, bands, groups, schools of music and complexes of every musical kind, for a total previewed for edition 2001 of approximately 3500 interpreters who esibiranno in approximately 250 concerts in program.
Nothing tickets or theater boxes but only artists for road and spectators who to piacimento move themselves from a kind to the other, from one scene to the other. It is born from the intention of Giannantonio De Vincenzo, veneziano jazzista, to transform Venice, the only city to the world without acoustic pollution, in one great harmonic case. The direction is of Alexander Bressanello of the Cultural Circle the Unexpected Sound.
Venice Sound snc., is born from the collaboration with the Councillorship to the Culture of Common of Venice and the contribution of several sponsor. All, also and above all the public, will be able to participate therefore to the show that concludes the initiative with the solo uses of the own voice or with the aid of a whichever musical instrument. It will be able "to be combined to us", in fact, to the "Game of Music" (a brano of the duration of 7 minuteren, devised from Giannantonio De Vincenzo), catching up one of the five meetings within hours 22,15 for this festivity of closing of Venice Sound. The initiative will be continuation also this year from Radio ONE RAI, with connections and interviews in directed in several the points of the city until late evening.