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Venezia, La Serenissima, Queen of the Adriatic, city of canals and palaces...or tawdry sewer alive with crowds and charlatans? Venice's nature is dual: water and land, long history and doubtful future, airy delicacy and dim melancholy. If this precious place does sink, the world will be the poorer.

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Venice Events


Venice's public holidays include Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May), the Feast of the Assumption (15 August), All Saints' Day (1 November), the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December) and the Feast of Santo Stefano (26 December).

The year kicks off with the Regata delle Befana, the first of the lagoon city's 100-plus regattas, held on 6 January (Epiphany). The major event of the Venetian calendar is February's bewigged, bemasked and berobed Carnevale, the event that's spawned a million pastel postcards of pierrots and columbines looking unduly pensive. In May there's the Festa della Sensa (Feast of the Ascension), when Venice celebrates the Sposalizio del Mar (Wedding with the Sea). The Biennale arts fest is held every odd-numbered year in June in the pavilions of the Giardini Pubblici. July's July's Festa del Redentore is the festival most celebrated by Venetians themselves, with a regatta and fireworks festival. The Venice International Film Festival, Italy's version of Cannes, is held annually from late August into September at the Palazzo della Mostra del Cinema on the Lido. The Regatta Storica in September is a historic gondola race along the Grand Canal that's well worth catching. November's Festa della Madonna della Salute procession crosses the Grand Canal via a pontoon bridge.

New Year's Day

Type: official holiday
Date: 1 Jan
  

Epiphany

Type: official holiday
Date: 6 Jan
  

Good Friday

Type: official holiday
Date: Apr/May
  

Easter Monday

Type: official holiday
Date: Apr/Mar
  

Liberation Day

Type: official holiday
Date: 25 Apr
  

Labour Day

Type: official holiday
Date: 1 May
  

Feast of the Assumption

Type: official holiday
Date: 15 Aug
  

All Saints' Day

Type: official holiday
Date: 1 Nov
  

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Type: official holiday
Date: 8 Dec
  

Christmas Day

Type: official holiday
Date: 25 Dec
  

St Stephen's Day

Type: official holiday
Date: 26 Dec
  

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