Mary McCarthy observed that Venice has been ”part museum, part amusement park” ever since the early 18th Century. So it is not surprising this is an apt description for one of the city`s major ...

The annual Venice Carnival is in full swing, with thousands of revelers thronging the city's canals and squares in elaborate costumes and extraordinary masks.

VENICE—In a normal year during Carnival, St. Mark’s Square is invariably a sea of papier-mâché and feathers, heaving with Venetians and tourists dressed in ornate period costumes topped with ...

The annual Carnival of Venice kicked off this weekend, as thousands of revelers took to the streets in traditional masks and elegant costumes. But the pre-Lent party that traces its roots back to ...

Venice Carnival Was Once Outlawed by the Government. The celebration runs from January 27 until February 13 this year. Here's how to experience the annual festival like a proper Venetian.

The art of Venetian masks 05:02. Venice's very existence inspires wonder, and during Carnival, this city of canals provides a fanciful backdrop for the festivities leading up to Lent.

The masquerade parade on the Grand Canal in Venice is part of the Venice Carnival, an annual festival which began in 1162. During two weeks of the Venice Carnival, thousands of tourists descend on ...

VENICE - On the banks of the Grand Canal, smartphone-wielding tourists jostled for position, capturing the elegantly masked figures of Carnival.

A Carnival of Venice. February 1875 Issue. Share. Save. THE Honorable Mrs. Harrington was thirty-two years old, and had been a widow for ten years.

The song “Carnival of Venice” is based on a Neapolitan folk song called “O Mamma, Mamma Cara”. This was composed by Niccolò Paganini an Italian composer and violinist (1782 – 1840). The music with a ...

There they were, two figures set far apart from each other, each one standing on the end of one of the narrow gangplanks lining the waterfront of Piazza San Marco, and both at some distance from a … ...