Venice

February 21, 2023
Last chance to catch your carri di Carnevale: 1 March 2022 serves as “Martedì Grasso,” otherwise known as “Mardi Gras,” “Fat Tuesday,” or, from an ecclesiastical perspective, “Shrove Tuesday,” the last day before “Ash Wednesday” and the beginning of Lent.

November 11, 2019
Treasures of the Querini Stampalia Foundation Museum

June 13, 2019
References: Further Reading: Images: Frontispice for Fatinellus de Fatinellis (1627–1719).

February 7, 2019
Sculptor Augusto Benvenuti Died in Venice on 7 February 1899.

January 24, 2019
Sculptor Francesco Robba died on 24 January 1757 in Zagreb.

November 11, 2018
Ferdinando Albertolli was Born on 11 November 1780.

November 7, 2018
Venetian Painter Giorgione Succumbed to Plague (no later than 7 November 1510).

September 23, 2018
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September 2, 2018
Vicentine architect Vincenzo Scamozzi was born on 2 September 1548 in Vicenza.

August 30, 2018
On 30 August 1502, Jacopo Pesaro – Bishop of Paphos – led the papal fleet provided by Pope Alexander IV to Venice for the war against the Turks in a successful campaign resulting in the capture of the island of Sant Maura.