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Venice: City of the Incognito
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8th Century, Venice.
Circling about the snaky,
torch-lit alleyways of the
ancient city are swarms of
masked men and women. Before
leaving the house, members of
all social ranks change their
names, leaving their titles and
inhibitions at the door. Men
dress as women, women as men,
priests pursue prostitutes, mar-
ried men and women meet with
lovers in unlit street corners,
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Pietre d'inciampo:
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tweak our consciences
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nobles and foreigners illicitly
gamble the night away in smoky
dens, covertly hidden behind bar-
bershop entrances. Another dis-
guise. The mask allowed people
from all social classes and walks
of life to take on an anonymous
persona. Historians define it as a
period of debauchery, hedonism,
revelry, violence, scandal, and
deceit. Moral codes were over-
turned by a population fixated on
giving in to their forbidden
desires and achieving ultimate
pleasure. What sounds like a
scene from a storybook, was real
life. This was the Venetian
Carnevale of the 18th century.
In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII
declared Carnevale a Christian
holiday by placing it on the
Gregorian calendar, but with the
appearance of the mask,
Venetian celebrations of the 18th
century became known for being
anything but pious. So how and
when did the tradition of mask
wearing begin? If only ancient
city walls could talk. To uncover
the answer, I went straight to the
Mantua, European
capital of
gastronomy 2017
A piece of Italian
American History on
stage with De Niro
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In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII declared Carnevale a Christian holiday, but with the appearance of the mask, Venetian celebrations of the 18th century
became known for being anything but pious. Photo by doryx
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on si riesce nemmeno ad
immaginare questa massa
enorme di ghiaccio, neve
e detriti che si abbatte con una
furia tale su un tranquillo hotel di
La solidarietà e i
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