The Venezia Jazz Festival, which will be held in the Laguna from the 23rd to the 31st of July, 2011 is one of the most important festivals in Italy and combines a rich and exclusive program with the unique beauty of the locations.
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Posts Tagged ‘Saint Mark’
Sting in Concert on Saint Mark’s Square
Thursday, July 21st, 2011Sant’Apollonia Cloister : URBIS painting and architecture in modern times.
Monday, March 21st, 2011 
The ex Benedictine Monastery of Sant’Appollonia, which was built between the 12th and 13th centuries, became the domicile to the head of the clergy of the Cappella Ducale of Saint Marks Cathedral, the primicerio, in 1473.
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The Venice’s Clock Tower
Monday, March 14th, 2011 
The Moors’ Clock Tower is one of the most famous architectural landmarks in Venice, standing over an arch that leads into what is the main shopping street of the city, the old Merceria.
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The Treasures of Montenegro
Monday, December 20th, 2010 
Until January 06th 2011, in the monumental rooms of the Marciana Library and some rooms of the Archeological Museum, Piero Pazzi proposes you a wonderful exposition about the Montenegro’s Antique Art, when the country was part of the Venetian Empire.
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Huang Kehua “The magic eye of Nature”
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 
Until August 30th 2010 2010
Biblioteca Marciana
In the Biblioteca Marciana you will be able to see a personal exhibition of Huang Kehua, very famous chinese photographer, called ” The magic eye of Nature”, organised by the I.N.A.C. (the National Istitute of Contemporary Art) and cured by Vincenzo Sanfo.
The exhibition will be integrated in the round of the Museums of Piazza San Marco.
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Giacomo Favretto at Museo Correr in Venice
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 
The opearas of the venetian painter Giacomo Favretto (1849 – 1887) are finally back in town, after more than 100 year from the last exposition. With more than 80 operas the exibithion explain his artistical life and the relation with the oter artists of the ‘800.
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Festa della Sensa 2010
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 The history of this event started in a long distant past, the 9th May 1000!!!
Festa della Sensa (Ascension Day) relieve the history of Venice and its intimate relationship with the Sea celebrating two very important happening. The first is the 9th May 1000 when Doge Orseolo fought against the Slav to protect the Dalmatians and the second is when in 1177 doge Sebastiano Ziani, the Pope Alessandro III and Federico Barbarossa signed an peace Treaty.
To remember this events the Wedding with the Sea took well deserved place in the history of the city.
This year (as from 1965) Festa Della Sensa will take place Sunday 16th May with a very interesting program that will go beyond a classic re-evocation. in addition to the classical water parade and the venetian Style rowing race we will have a Doge’s procession in Saint Mark’s Square, a Sensa Market at the church of San Nicolò at Lido and the Fort of Sant’Andrea Parade.
For a complete program and detailed information check the official site www.sensavenezia.it .
VelaVenezia 2010 – Historical sailing boats in Venice
Thursday, April 29th, 2010This unique event (the first here in Venice!!!) has been organised by Assonautica and will be held the 14/15/16 May 2010. The boats will meet at Arsenale, one of the most beautiful and famous dock of the world.
The 16th May a non-compehetitive race will join all the historical sailing boats with newer models. The start will be in front of Sant’Elena, they will pass in front Saint Mark’s Square, sail until Mulino Stucky and back to Saint George Island.
If you have a sailing boat you cannot miss this opportunity!!! For the subscription please visit this website .
For all the non sailor it will be a great show to admire from Riva degli Schiavoni.
Il Furore delle Immagini
Thursday, April 8th, 2010“Il Furore delle Immagini” is hosted by Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa in Saint Mark’s Square. This exhibition was born thanks to a project of the Foundation, started in 2007 after the donation of 12,000 books and 1300 original pictures of Italo Zannier.
This incredibile collection is an extremely rare documentation of the photographic culture of our beautifull Country. It’s not only composed of pictures (taken with many different techniques) by also playbills, invitations and brochures starting form the First World War until our own times.
The exposition will be held from the 16th April until the 18th July (closed on Thuesday) in San Marco 71/c. For any further information you can check the website www.fondazionevenezia.it/ilfuroredelleimmagini .
Venetian Oselle
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010From March 06th to April 05th 2010, in Venice for the first time, by the Monumental Rooms of the National Library Marciana the public exposure of Venetian “Oselle” the collection belong to the Banca Popolare di Vicenza, it is the unique existing complete collection of the precious Doge’s coins.
The Oselle were the ancient coins that the Doge gifted to noble families of the Serenissima every years, in substitution of the traditional present of the ducks ( Oselle means ducks in Venetian dialect ). This ancient tradition since 1521 up to the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797.
The ancient coins are considered among the most important in the world for beauty, iconography and historical importance, they represent centuries of history of the Venetian Republic, an occasion that can’ t be missed for all those people that love numismatic and history.
Very interesting it is the presence of rare samples such as: the Oselle Doppie and the Oselle d’Oro minted to celebrate exceptional events and illustrious guests of the Republic and the very rare Osella of the Doge Andrea Gritti, minted in 1523 and world-famous in only one sample guarded in Vienna before the Banca Popolare of Vicenza bought it to complete its collection.
The schedules of the show will be the following:
Form the 06th of March to the 05th of April 2010 everyday from 10.00 to 17.00 at the Sale Monumentali della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, entry from Museum Correr, Napoleonic Wing in St. Mark Square.
Ticket: “I MUSEI DI PIAZZA SAN MARCO” € 12.00 (disc. €6.50), cumulative ticket for all the Civic Museums of San Marco Square: Palazzo Ducale, Museo Correr, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Sale Monumentali della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana.
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