On April 25th Venice celebrates Saint Mark’s day (Festa di San Marco), the saint patron of the city.  The celebration is held to remember the anniversary of the death of the saint though in earlier times it was celebrated also the 31st January to commemorate when the relic of…

  The 2012 Carnival of Venice will begin on the weekend of 4-5 February 2012. The title of this year carnival is La vita è teatro. Tutti in maschera (Life is theatre. All dress-up in costume) and is intended to recall the glorious past of the theatre of Venice of the 17th…

  The 54th Venice Biennale of Art started in June and will be open until 27 November 2011. This edition is titled: ILLUMInazioni, IllumiNations. If you like contemporary art this event cannot be missed. 83 artists from every corner of the world plus 89 participating nations and 37 related events. The Biennale has two…

  Starting tomorrow August 6 part of the beach of Bibione near Venice will be no-smoking. It will not be a real ban but more a test to assess the reaction of the people.  The initiative is driven more by the goal of having a clean beach free of cigarette butts…

  Festa del Redentore is one of the most popular celebrations in Venice. It takes place every year on the third Saturday of July to remember the end of the great plague of 1577. The same year the church of Redentore, the Redeemer, was built by the Venetians on the island…

  To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the death of Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian writer 1899-1986, the Borges Labyrinth has been opened in Venice. The design of the maze is based on the work made by British architect Randoll Coate in honor of Borges. It is located at the Giorgio Cini Foundation…

 At 5 am on 22 February four youngsters crossed the Constitution bridge in Venice by car. The new pedestrian bridge designed by architect Santiago Calatrava  was opened to the public in 2008. Apparently the glass and marble structure was not  damaged by the car.  They continued for a short drive in…

  Just few days and the 2011 Carnival of Venice will start ! The official dates for this year’s Carnival celebrations will go from Saturday 19 February to Tuesday 8 March.   The Carnival of Venice is one of the most famous and ancient in the world. First documents about the Carnival…

The Rialto Fish Market is in danger ! There is a plan to move the wholesale fish market from its historical location at Rialto to Fusina at Tronchetto. The market would be moved by about 5 kilometers away from the central part of Venice to the area of Tronchetto, beyond Piazzale Roma,…

 On September 1st the 67th Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica) started. It is one of the most prestigious film festival and the world oldest (first edition was in 1932) and will last until September 11.The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote all the various…