Since the beginning of 1300 citizens begin to organize rowing races on gondolas or traditional boats of that epoch, few years later the races took name of Regatta. The races become object of local culture belongs to the Venetian culture to which Venetian are sentimentally tied. Obviously the most famous is the Historical Regatta, but there are many widespread over the lagoon.
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If you are a books lover then in Venice there is a place taylored for you, the Libreria Acqua Alta. It is one of the most original library in the world where all the books are piled up in shelves, bath tubs and gondolas!
The Fondazione Berengo organizes the exhibition in honour of Zaha Hadid in Palazzo Franchetti from May 27th to November 27th. The exhibit shows the 35 years long career of the famous architect, starting from her first works until the last ones.
From June 4th until October 10th 2016, the exhibition “Quand fondra la neige, où ira le blanc” will take place in the suggestive site of Palazzo Fortuny. The Expositive project has been created by Daniela Feretti it’ s about a contemporary collecting where the protagonist is the famous collector Enea Righi.
The historical regatta is an annual event not to be missed for lovers of rowing Venetian style, which will be held on Sunday 4 September 2016. Before the race a historical procession of sixteenth-century boats, led by the characteristic Bucintoro will parading along the Grand Canal, evoking the welcome given in 1489 to Caterina Cornaro, wife of the King of Cyprus, who gave up the throne in favour of Venice.
Opera and classic music lovers can’t miss the concerts in Ateneo San Basso, where “orchestra and singers of Virtuosi di Venezia” will play masterpieces of great composers who characterized this genre.
