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Special Events

Carnival (carnival, which culminates with an exclusive masked ball and dancing in St Mark's Square), Feb, in the ten days leading up to Shrove Tuesday, central Venice
Festa di San Marco (gondola race in honour of the city's patron saint), from Sant'Elena to Punta della Dogana
La Sensa (re-enactment by the city's mayor of the Marriage to the Sea ceremony; first performed by the Doge Pietro Orseolo, who sailed out into the lagoon and cast a golden ring into the sea), Ascension Day (May)
Vogalonga (32km boat race from St Mark's Square to the island of Burano involving any rowing vessel and any number of crew), Sunday following Ascension Day
Festa del Redentore (Venetians celebrate their deliverance from the plague of 1526 with a pontoon of boats laid across the Giudecca Canal to the Palladio's Redentore church; fireworks display and picnics on the water), from Sant'Elena to Punta della Dogana
Regata Storica (Procession of historic vessels along the Grand Canal, followed by a race between the city's top oarmen and gondoliers), first Sun in Sep
Festa della Salute (church of salute (good health) was built to celebrate the passing of the plague of 1630; pontoon is built across the Grand Canal to the church where the Venetians give thanks), Nov 21



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