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Giacomo Girolamo Casanova ( / ˌkæsəˈnoʊvə, ˌkæzə -/, [1] [2] [3] Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo dʒiˈrɔːlamo kazaˈnɔːva, kasa-]; 2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice.
Jul 5, 2023 · July 5, 2023. Today, Casanova is best known as one of the most famous lovers in history. But the Venetian was more than a womanizer. He was a scam artist and scofflaw, an alchemist, spy and church cleric. He wrote satires, fought duels, and escaped from prison more than once. Giacomo Casanova. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
The personal memoir of history’s most famous lover reveals a misunderstood intellectual who befriended the likes of Ben Franklin. Casanova in 1787.
Mar 29, 2024 · Giacomo Casanova (born April 2, 1725, Venice [Italy]—died June 4, 1798, Dux, Bohemia [now Duchcov, Czech Republic]) was an ecclesiastic, writer, soldier, spy, and diplomatist, chiefly remembered as the prince of Italian adventurers and as the man who made the name Casanova synonymous with “libertine.”.
Aug 10, 2022 · Georgian. Giacomo Casanova is renowned as one of the most famous lovers in history. Indeed, in his autobiography, which details more than 120 love affairs with...
Jun 20, 2022 · By Judith Thurman. June 20, 2022. Casanova prided himself on being a man of letters; his memoirs represent his ultimate seduction—of the reading public. Illustration by Anna and Elena Balbusso....
Giacomo Casanova must have indeed been a charming, charismatic and remarkably imaginative person. Despite this, his life ended in solitude in 1798 at the Castle of Dux in the northern part of today's Czech Republic.
