{"id":12555,"date":"2019-02-07T18:29:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T17:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/?p=12555"},"modified":"2023-05-20T15:35:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T13:35:44","slug":"venice-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/en\/venice-carnival\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice Carnival 2023 \u2013 Main Events and Dark History of the Masks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most <strong>classy<\/strong>, <strong>sophisticated<\/strong>\u00a0and elegant carnival celebration is definitely <strong>the <a href=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/en\/guide-to-venice\/\">Venice <\/a>Carnival<\/strong>. There are many splendid carnivals around the world, but nowhere else the costumes are so opulent, stylish and <strong>aristocratic<\/strong> as here. In most places, it\u2019s all about looking funny and colourful, crazy and sparkly \u2013 but not in Venice. Here \u201cfunny\u201d is out of place. It\u2019s all about superior elegance, <strong>mystery and magic<\/strong>. There is nothing like it.<\/p>\n<p>For several weeks every year, the famous narrow streets, canal banks, bridges and squares of Venice become populated by magical outworldly crowd.\u00a0<strong>Queens, kings, harlequins and mysterious creatures <\/strong>are strolling all around,\u00a0covered with <a href=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/en\/shopping-in-venice\/\">masks<\/a>, mantles and feathers.<\/p>\n<div data-gyg-href=\"https:\/\/widget.getyourguide.com\/default\/activities.frame\" data-gyg-locale-code=\"en-GB\" data-gyg-widget=\"activities\" data-gyg-number-of-items=\"3\" data-gyg-partner-id=\"N4GEUDS\" data-gyg-q=\"Venice\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pswp\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"pswp__bg\"><\/div><div class=\"pswp__scroll-wrap\"><div class=\"pswp__container\"><div class=\"pswp__item\"><\/div><div class=\"pswp__item\"><\/div><div class=\"pswp__item\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"pswp__ui pswp__ui--hidden\"><div class=\"pswp__top-bar\"><div 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Gallery<\/button><\/figure><div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"photoswipe-gallery\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><figure itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Venetian-carnival-outfits-are-true-artpieces.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1440\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1920\" \/><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\">Venetian carnival outfits are true artpieces<\/figcaption><\/a><\/figure><figure itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Gorgeous-and-totally-anonymous.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2220\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"3715\" \/><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\">Gorgeous and totally anonymous<\/figcaption><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The Venice Carnival takes place from <strong>4th to 21st February 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see together the highlights of the Venice Carnival: its dark history, the hidden meaning of traditional masks and the calendar of events of the Venice Carnival 2023.<\/p>\n<h2>The History of the Venice Carnival<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_12547\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 730px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12547\" src=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Venice-is-pure-magic2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Renaissance opulence\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Venice-is-pure-magic2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Venice-is-pure-magic2-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Venice-is-pure-magic2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renaissance opulence<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The beginning of the Venice Carnival was a huge <strong>victory of the\u00a0Republic of Venice\u00a0<\/strong>in the battle against Aquileia in <strong>1162<\/strong>. Crowds of Venetians celebrated the victory by dancing and singing in Saint Mark\u2019s\u00a0Square \u2013 and it gradually turned into an annual tradition. Over the centuries, it developed into its opulent and ostentatious Renaissance form that survived until nowadays. One of the unknown fact about it is that it became strictly <strong>forbidden by the\u00a0Holy Roman Emperor<\/strong> and then the Emperor of Austria in 1797, and <strong>for over a century, it vanished<\/strong>. Fortunately, it revived in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, and over the time restored all its glory.<\/p>\n<h2>The Dark Origin of the Masks<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_12534\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 730px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12534\" src=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Plague-Doctor-Mask-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Plague Doctor Mask\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Plague-Doctor-Mask-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Plague-Doctor-Mask-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Plague-Doctor-Mask-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Plague-Doctor-Mask.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plague Doctor Mask<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the strangest and most characteristic carnival masks \u2013 the so-called <strong>Medico Della Peste \u2013 The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plague_doctor\">Plague Doctor<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; has macabre origins. It was invented in the 17<sup>th<\/sup> century by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_de_Lorme\">Charles de Lorme<\/a>, French physician who treated <strong>\u201cblack death\u201d patients<\/strong>. This mask with its long hollow bird-like beak served as an early \u201cgas mask\u201d prototype. The beak contained the mixture of aromatic herbs to protect doctors from inhaling the air around the plague patients. The eye holes were covered with crystal discs, so they look like spectacles. This mask survived all the centuries and is still worn as a kind of <em>memento mori<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Hiding Secrets and Breaking the Rules<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_12537\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 730px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12537\" src=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Masks-hide-many-secrets-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Masks hide many secrets\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Masks-hide-many-secrets-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Masks-hide-many-secrets-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Masks-hide-many-secrets-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Masks-hide-many-secrets.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Masks hide many secrets<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Masquerade arises from the desire to remain anonymous. It brings upon a variety of advantages of breaking the rules and enjoying <strong>freedom of forbidden acts<\/strong>, which in the past were anything of \u201csinful\u201d character: secret lovers\u2019 encounters, man dressing up as women, and even <strong>murders<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In the society divided into the<strong> extremely rigid social classes<\/strong>, it offered a unique opportunity to meet and mingle between higher and lower classes, while hiding somebody\u2019s own class, as well as <strong>age or even gender<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>During the Carnival, so-called \u201csumptuary laws\u201d \u2013 <strong>moral rules<\/strong> regulating consumption and restraining extravagance and luxury, <strong>were suspended<\/strong>. And so it was legal and <strong>unpunishable<\/strong> to dress not according to the usual laws and behave exceeding the everyday limits. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqfjlFZBqNe\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Antonia Sautter (@antoniasautter)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The use of the masks was codified in every detail, for instance it was forbidden to wear vulgar disguise, to use masks in a church, prostitutes were not allowed to wear masks at all, and in the Medieval period wigs and false beards were prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>Masks were allowed only and strictly on specific times of the year, but interestingly, those periods were much longer than just the carnival. There were several religious festivities in which they were legal to wear. Therefore, the rigid <strong>Venetian society had quite a lot of occasions to escape from the rules<\/strong> and enjoy some freedom in disguise!<\/p>\n<h2>The Classic Venetian Masks<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pswp\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"pswp__bg\"><\/div><div class=\"pswp__scroll-wrap\"><div class=\"pswp__container\"><div class=\"pswp__item\"><\/div><div class=\"pswp__item\"><\/div><div class=\"pswp__item\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"pswp__ui pswp__ui--hidden\"><div class=\"pswp__top-bar\"><div class=\"pswp__counter\"><\/div><button class=\"pswp__button pswp__button--close\" title=\"Close (Esc)\"><\/button><button class=\"pswp__button pswp__button--share\" title=\"Share\"><\/button><button class=\"pswp__button pswp__button--fs\" title=\"Toggle fullscreen\"><\/button><button class=\"pswp__button pswp__button--zoom\" title=\"Zoom in\/out\"><\/button><div class=\"pswp__preloader\"><div class=\"pswp__preloader__icn\"><div class=\"pswp__preloader__cut\"><div class=\"pswp__preloader__donut\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"pswp__share-modal pswp__share-modal--hidden pswp__single-tap\"><div class=\"pswp__share-tooltip\"><\/div> <\/div><button class=\"pswp__button pswp__button--arrow--left\" title=\"Previous (arrow left)\"><\/button><button class=\"pswp__button pswp__button--arrow--right\" title=\"Next (arrow right)\"><\/button><div class=\"pswp__caption\"><div class=\"pswp__caption__center\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><figure id=\"mostrar_galeria-2\" class=\"abrir_galeria\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12549\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1724\" height=\"1191\" src=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Carnival_in_Venice.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Perfect disguise\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Carnival_in_Venice.jpg 1724w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Carnival_in_Venice-500x345.jpg 500w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Carnival_in_Venice-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Carnival_in_Venice-1024x707.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1724px) 100vw, 1724px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perfect disguise<\/figcaption><button type=\"button\" class=\"ver_galeria\">View Gallery<\/button><\/figure><div id=\"gallery-2\" class=\"photoswipe-gallery\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><figure itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Carnival_in_Venice.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1724\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1191\" \/><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\">Perfect disguise<\/figcaption><\/a><\/figure><figure itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Arlecchino-and-Arlecchina.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1920\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1467\" \/><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\">Arlecchino and Arlecchina<\/figcaption><\/a><\/figure><figure itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bauta-Larva-mask.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1920\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1280\" \/><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\">Bauta &#8211; Larva mask<\/figcaption><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>There are <strong>7 types of the traditional masks<\/strong> with related outfit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Arlecchino<\/strong> (Harlequin) and <strong>Colombina<\/strong> \u2013 are among the most popular masks nowadays, they come from the shows of the traditional 16<sup>th<\/sup> century Commedia Dell\u2019Arte. Arlecchino has entire face covered with a white porcelain mask and a colourful domino-patterned outfit, while Colombina wears a half-mask covering the eyes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pantalone, or Magnifico<\/strong>, was also used in Commedia Dell\u2019Arte. It represents an old, avid Venetian merchant, with half-mask of domino pattern<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moretta<\/strong> was a black mask for women that wouldn\u2019t get popular nowadays, as it was maintained by holding a stick between the teeth, so that a woman wearing it would be mute&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>White and ugly <strong>Bauta\/Larva<\/strong> mask, on the contrary, was comfortable, because its elongated shape enabled the wearer to eat and drink without removing the mask. It was designed for both men and women and worn with a tricorn black hat and a thick black mantle, which made it easy to hide some deadly arms&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gnaga<\/strong> \u2013 a mask of a female cat, traditionally worn by men disguised as women, holding a kitten and making \u201cmeow\u201d sounds ;)<\/li>\n<li>And we already explained the eerie case of the <strong>Medico della Pesta<\/strong> \u2013 the Plague Doctor\u2019s mask&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nowadays, the masks and clothes often combine elements of different classic versions. Also, they are ever more elaborate and rich in colours and details &#8211; a real feast for the eyes!<\/p>\n<h2>Events During the Venice Carnival<\/h2>\n<h3>1. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BQatb2xj78g\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by \u2102\ud835\udd52\ud835\udd63\ud835\udd5f\ud835\udd56\ud835\udd67\ud835\udd52\ud835\udd5d\ud835\udd56 \ud835\udd55\ud835\udd5a \ud835\udd4d\ud835\udd56\ud835\udd5f\ud835\udd56\ud835\udd6b\ud835\udd5a\ud835\udd52 (@venice_carnival_official)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The celebration of the Venice Carnival start as they should \u2013 on the water! <strong>Cannaregio Canal<\/strong> fills with <strong>hundreds of decorated boats<\/strong> with Venetians in spectacular carnival outfits, together with special floating structures and decorations. 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A Turkish acrobat managed to walk on a rope all the way up to the Campanile of Saint Mark\u2019s\u00a0Square from a boat anchored on the pier, then he reached the balcony of the Palazzo Ducale, giving the tributes to the Doge. <strong>The spectators went crazy \u2013 nothing like that was ever seen before.<\/strong>\u00a0And since then, Venetians demanded a similar show \u2013 called the <strong>Turk\u2019s Descent<\/strong>, every year. Hence, it has become an official annual ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Through the centuries, the event has undergone numerous variations. The acrobatics turned into a descent on a rope. Later an acrobat was substituted by a <strong>wooden figure of a dove &#8211; Colombina<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Then since 2001, the old version of the event was reintroduced. So what is the Flight of the Angel? An artist (almost always female) or a celebrity, wearing a lavish Carnival outfit, secured by a metal cable, slides slowly from the Campanile towards Saint Mark\u2019s\u00a0Square, over the heads of the crowds watching the spectacle. It signals the official opening of the celebrations of the Venice Carnival on Saint Mark\u2019s\u00a0Square.<\/p>\n<p>A week after, a similar spectacle is repeated, called <strong>The Flight of the Eagle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>3. The Most Beautiful Mask Contest<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12558\" src=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Boundless-fantasy-of-the-Venetian-masks-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Boundless fantasy of the Venetian masks\" width=\"711\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Boundless-fantasy-of-the-Venetian-masks-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Boundless-fantasy-of-the-Venetian-masks-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Boundless-fantasy-of-the-Venetian-masks-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Boundless-fantasy-of-the-Venetian-masks.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Boundless fantasy of the Venetian masksDuring the Venice Carnival, the\u00a0<strong>Best Masked Costume Contest<\/strong>\u00a0is held <strong>twice a day<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Saint Mark\u2019s\u00a0Square. There is a red carpet and a stage on which competitors parade, trying to outdo the others with their ornate masks, surprising costumes full of fantasy, showy feathers, materials and textures. They are judged by a jury of <strong>international fashion and costume designers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>4. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BtOE16fFn97\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Antonia Sautter (@antoniasautter)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Masquerade balls were a popular form of costumed festivities in Italy during the Renaissance. They have always been primarily associated with the celebrations of the Venice Carnival.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nowadays<\/strong>, they are still held during the carnival. In the splendid historical interiors of the <strong>Venetian palaces and luxury hotels, exclusive masked balls, dances and dinners are held<\/strong> throughout the entire period of Carnival. They are expensive, but their atmosphere is like something you have never seen before! All the guests are wearing stylish Renaissance clothes, wearing masks and wigs, they dance traditional dances with live orchestra and eat <strong>Renaissance-style dishes<\/strong>. These balls last 4-7 hours, letting you immerse completely in the Venetian magic. It will take you completely out of reality!<\/p>\n<h2>More on Venice Carnival<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_12553\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 403px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12553\" src=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Venetian-carnival-masterpiece-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Venice carnival is famous for incredibly ornate mask and headwear\" width=\"393\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Venetian-carnival-masterpiece-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Venetian-carnival-masterpiece-249x375.jpg 249w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Venetian-carnival-masterpiece-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Venetian-carnival-masterpiece.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venice carnival is famous for incredibly ornate mask and headwear<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Did you like the article? Do you have any questions or comments? Have you been to the Venice Carnival and have your own stories to tell? Write a comment!<\/p>\n<p>Read also about <a href=\"https:\/\/euroviajar.com\/en\/curiosities-about-venice\/\"><strong>Curiosities &amp; Mysteries of Venice<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most classy, sophisticated\u00a0and elegant carnival celebration is definitely the Venice Carnival. 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