An oval ice skating track in the centre of Campo San polo. Afternoon is children’s ice-skating time, while music and figure skating will entertain your night. All around, a Christkindlmarkt-like village, offering local food, wine, and crafts.
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Opening of the Carnival Festival
Piazza San Marco. Dj set with Happy Hour in the Lounge area. Music, entertainment with masked dancers, music contests for the public with prizes and gadgets.And from 9.00pm live music, with a big concert to open the Carnival Festival.
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4 February 2012
(18:00 - 18:00) Grand toast at the wine fountain
5 February 2012
- (12:00 - 16:00) Festa Veneziana
11 February 2012
- (tutto il giorno) Parade for the Best Masked Costume Contest of the Carnival 2012
- (14:00 - 17:00) Marie Parade and event in St. Mark Square
- (16:00 - 18:00) Chocolate in costume
- (19:00 - 23:00) Opening of the Carnival Festival
- (20:30 - 01:30) Gala Dinner Ball "Al Ridotto"
- (20:30 - 03:00) Il Ballo del Doge - "The Best of..."
- (21:00 - 01:00) Diner dansante Minuetto
- (21:00 - 02:00) The Serenissima Grand Ball. Homage to Mozart with the Opera Marriage of Figaro.
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Tipo: By feet
Zona: Historical Area | Sestiere "Dorsoduro"
Accademia, Salute, Gesuati, S.Barnaba, S.Trovaso, Zattere
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Savory sturgeon with blackberries
Ingredients
600g sturgeon, 2 cups of blackberries, 50g julienned almonds, 10g ground cinnamon, 10g ginger, a pinch of nutmeg, 1 L. fish stock.
Preparation
Grind the blackberries in a blender with almonds, nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon, pour the mix into the fish stock and let it boil until it thickens. In the meanwhile cook the sturgeon with sweet [...]
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Events News Venice Carnival 2012
1797 The last Carnival… so was rumored by the Venetian streets when Napoleon, arriving from the sea, entered the city that nobody ever had been able to conquer.
He introduced a new fashion: free women and men without white wigs and crinolines.
The rich Venetians who welcomed him dismissed the large court clothing to follow the new [...]
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MOON MASQUERADE ON SATURDAY 11th FEBRUARY 2012
SATURDAY 11th FEBRUARY 2012
MOON MASQUERADE AT THE LUNA HOTEL BAGLIONI
Don’t miss this special evening at the Luna Hotel Baglioni to celebrate together the traditional Venice Carnival !
The evening will start at 7.00 pm in the warm atmosphere of the Fireplace Room with our Welcome Cocktail: just in front of the warmlighted-on fireplace you will savour [...]
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Alloggi Santa Sofia
Alloggi Santa Sofia is in the old Cannaregio district of central Venice. It offers simply furnished, quiet rooms, just 300 metres from the Grand Canal.
Rooms at the Santa Sofia have rooftop views over Venice. Each room includes a minibar, a TV, air conditioning and a private bathroom with hydromassage shower.
A breakfast buffet is available daily at the Santa Sofia. Typical Venetian meals are served down the street at the Santa Sofia's Trattoria da Rino restaurant.
The Cà d'Oro Vaporetto stop (public waterbus) is just a few metres from the Santa Sofia Alloggi. The Rialto Bridge is a 10-minute walk away.
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Ice skating villageAn oval ice skating track in the centre of Campo San polo. Afternoon is children’s ice-skating time, while music and figure skating will entertain your night. All around, a Christkindlmarkt-like village, offering local food, wine, and crafts.
1797 The last Carnival… so was rumored by the Venetian streets when Napoleon, arriving from the sea, entered the city that nobody ever had been able to conquer.
He introduced a new fashion: free women and men without white wigs and crinolines.
The rich Venetians who welcomed him dismissed the large court clothing to follow the new [...]
MOON MASQUERADE ON SATURDAY 11th FEBRUARY 2012SATURDAY 11th FEBRUARY 2012
MOON MASQUERADE AT THE LUNA HOTEL BAGLIONI
Don’t miss this special evening at the Luna Hotel Baglioni to celebrate together the traditional Venice Carnival !
The evening will start at 7.00 pm in the warm atmosphere of the Fireplace Room with our Welcome Cocktail: just in front of the warmlighted-on fireplace you will savour [...]
GREAT BAGLIONI PARTY ON FRIDAY 17th FEBRUARY 2012FRIDAY 17th FEBRUARY 2012
GREAT BAGLIONI PARTY
Celebrate the Venice Carnival with us at the Luna Hotel Baglioni: a special evening is waiting for you to experience the traditional Carnival of Venice in the oldest Hotel in town, just a few steps from St. Mark’s Square !
Our Welcome Cocktail will start at 7.00 pm in [...]
Stefano Incerti appointed as the new President of the Jury for Controcampo ItalianoItalian director Stefano Incerti will be the new President of the Jury for Controcampo Italiano, after director Roberta Torre’s resignation – due to unexpected personal reasons.
Bernardo Bertolucci to award Marco Bellocchio the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2011 in an exclusive Venetian eventThe award ceremony will take place on Friday 9 September in the Sala Grande at 5 p.m. The ceremony will open with the screening of Marco Bellocchio, Venezia 2011 by Pietro Marcello (12′). The screening of the new version of Nel nome del padre, the 1971 film re-edited in 2011 for this special occasion, will follow.
The closing films of OrizzontiSiglo ng pagluluwal (Century of Birthing) by Lav Diaz joins the programme of the Orizzonti section (Sept. 10). Marian Ilmestys (The Annunciation) by Elija-Liisa Ahtila and Monkey Sandwich by Wim Vandekeybus will be the two closing films of Orizzonti (Sept. 10).
Life Without Principle (Dyut Ming Gam) by Johnnie To is the new film in Competition at Venezia 68Life Without Principle (Dyut Ming Gam), the new film by the contemporary maestro of Hong Kongese action cinema Johnnie To, will be presented in its world premiere in Competition at the upcoming 68th Venice International Film Festival (August 31st to September 10th) directed by Marco Mueller and organized by la Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta.
L’arrivo di Wang by the Manetti Bros. is the seventh feature film in Controcampo italiano, and in competition for the Controcampo Award (for narrative feature-length films)L’arrivo di Wang, a psychological-science fiction story written, directed and produced by the Manetti Bros., with Ennio Fantastichini and Francesca Cuttica, is the seventh feature film announced for Controcampo italiano, and in competition for the Controcampo Award (for narrative feature-length films).
Damsels in Distress by Whit Stillman to close (Out of Competition) the 68th Venice International Film FestivalDamsels in Distress, the comedy that marks the return of American director Whit Stillman (Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco) and a new phase in his highly personal journey into the world of American youth, is to be the Closing night film (Out of Competition) at the 68th Venice International Film Festival (31 August – 10 September 2011), directed by Marco Mueller and organized by la Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta.
The Pre-Inauguration (30 August) in Campo San Polo of the 68th Venice International Film Festival will be dedicated to Venice (and to Cinema)Tribute to Francesco Pasinetti on the 100th anniversary of his birth with the short film I piccioni di Venezia (1942) / Preview screening of Impardonnables, the film by André Téchiné filmed in Venice.
The Persol 3-D Award 2011 to Zapruder FilmmakersgroupThe Persol 3-D Award of the 68th Venice International Film Festival 2011 will be awarded to Zapruder Filmmakersgroup (David Zamagni, Nadia Ranocchi, Monaldo Moretti), which has been exploring the possibilities of stereoscopic film for many years, for the production of films and installations that borrow the techniques of 3-D cinema and crossbreed them with visual, performing and film arts.
