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Up to 3 million. The Carnival of Venice ( Italian: Carnevale di Venezia) is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy, famous throughout the world for its elaborate costumes and masks. The Carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday ( Martedì Grasso or Mardi Gras ), which is the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday .
The Duchy of Durazzo was a short-lived overseas colony of the Republic of Venice, encompassing the port city of Durazzo (modern Durrës in Albania) and its environs. It was established in 1205, following the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, and lasted until it was reclaimed by the Byzantine Despotate ...
Full College. Reception of the Spanish ambassador at the "Hall of the College" ( Sala del Collegio) in the Doge's Palace, 1604. Painting by Pietro Malombra. The Full College ( Venetian: Pien Collegio) was the main executive body of the Republic of Venice, overseeing day-to-day governance and preparing the agenda for the Venetian Senate .
The Domini di Terraferma ( Venetian: domini de terraferma or stato da tera, lit. 'mainland domains' or 'mainland state') was the hinterland territories of the Republic of Venice beyond the Adriatic coast in Northeast Italy. They were one of the three subdivisions of the Republic's possessions, the other two being the original Dogado (Duchy) and ...
Republic of Venice. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Republic of Venice. The former Republic of Venice (769−1797) — from its 8th century founding, to its 18th century destruction by Napoleon. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too ...
The Republic of Florence ( Italian: Repubblica di Firenze ), known officially as the Florentine Republic (Italian: Repubblica Fiorentina, pronounced [reˈpubblika fjorenˈtiːna] ), was a medieval and early modern state that was centered on the Italian city of Florence in Tuscany, Italy. [1] [2] The republic originated in 1115, when the ...
Venezuela, [a] officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, [b] is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. Venezuela comprises an area of 916,445 km 2 (353,841 sq mi), and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. [13]
