VENICE: REDEEMER'S DAY The Redeemer's Day is one of the most traditional and particular celebrations in Venice, reminding each year both Venetians and foreign spectators the awful pestilence that stroke the city back in 1567, which killed more than 50.000 people in two years. As even history books teach us, in order to calm God's wrath, thought to be responsible for the plague, the Senate of the Venetian Republic decided to build a temple dedicated to Christ the Redeemer. The celebration of the Redeemer now takes place on the night of the third Saturday of July, in memory of the same day of the year 1577, when the “Doge” announced that the city was finally free from the contagion. Today, Christ the Redeemer is celebrated not only around the Temple, but in various “campi” (squares) and “campielli” (little squares). The Regata and the traditional fireworks always top off this event in a spectacular manner.
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SPELLBOUND IN VENICE Venice is a magical city, and at no time is this more true than during the week leading up to Mardi Gras, when the Carnival of Venice is celebrated, a tradition first recorded over 700 years ago. Ordinary Venice is exciting, but Venice during the Carnival is spellbinding, with a historically rich mixture of performance and dining, and, of course the magnificent costumes, including the extravagant masks for which Venice is so famous. For the entire Carnival the streets are filled with celebrants dressed in luxurious, festive garb: experiencing Venice during the Carnival is like stepping back in time, with no modern buildings to spoil the illusion! Wander the streets, admiring the costumes and street performances, or attend an evening party, an opera or concert, in one of the palaces or hotels accustomed to hosting royalty. Walk up the stairs of a candlelit palace, expecting Casanova to make his advances; enjoy cocktails over the glimmering Grand Canal, abandon your senses to pleasure − and live the life of your alter ego, revealing your true identity only to a select few! Finding an accommodation in Venice is easy with Halldis! 01-20-2009
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| 51st International Festival of Contemporary Music
This festival ends a four-year pathway under the direction of Giorgio Battistelli, who has focalised the program on the figure of the composer in all his guises, underlining their creative and communicative urgency. 10-01-2007
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CITY OF VENICE
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The 51st International Festival of Contemporary Music, entitled “Beyond
the Line” runs from the 4th until the 13th October, in the venues at
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