| New
Year’s Day Swim |
A
chilly swim in the Lido, 1 January, Lido. |
| Carnivale |
Famous
carnival culminating with an exclusive
masked ball and mass dancing for the locals and suitably attired
tourists in St Mark’s Square, in
the 10 days leading up to Shrove Tuesday,
February/ March in the city centre |
| Festa
di San Marco |
Gondola race in honour of the city’s patron saint,
late April, Sant’Elena to Punta della Dogana. |
| La
Sensa |
Re-enactment by the city’s mayor of the Marriage
to the Sea ceremony, first performed by the Doge, Pietro Orseolo,
who sailed out into the lagoon and cast a golden ring into
the sea,
Ascension Day, May, Venetian Lagoon. |
| Vogalonga |
32km
(20-mile) boat race from St Mark’s Square
to the island of Burano involving any rowing vessel and any
number of crew, Sunday following
Ascension Day, May, Venetian Lagoon. |
| Palio
delle Antiche Repubbliche Marinare |
Held
at the Palio of the Old Maritime Republics,
where four teams in traditional costume take to
the waters to battle to protect their commercial
interests, June, Venetian Lagoon. |
| Festa
del Redentore |
Venetians celebrate their deliverance from the
plague of 1526, with a pontoon of boats, fireworks display
and picnics on the water, third
weekend in Jul, pontoon laid across the Giudecca
Canal to the Palladio’s Redentore church from
Sant’Elena to Punta della Dogana. |
| Venice
Film Festival |
One of the world’s leading film festivals, August-
September, Palazzo del Cinema, Lido. |
| Regata
Storica |
Historic Regatta, procession of historic vessels along the
Grand Canal, followed by a race
between the city’s top oarsmen and gondoliers,
first Sunday in September, Grand Cana.l |
| Venice
Marathon |
October |
| Festa
Di San Martino |
Children patrol the streets in trick-or-treat style,
mid-November, city centre. |
| Festa
della Salute |
the church of salute (good health) was built to
celebrate the passing of the plague of 1630. In
mid-Nov, a pontoon is built across the Grand
Canal to the Church of Madonna della Salute |
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