This year's Venice Carnival has entered its last weekend, with a packed programme of festivities, performances and exhibitions. Carnival is celebrated across Italy, but as every year, Venice is ...

VENICE, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Venice carnival are enjoying what could be the last year of free access for day-trippers to the historic lagoon city ...

Thousands lined the bridges and canal banks of Venice to watch the floating parade. One of the world's oldest carnivals, it started in the 11th century as a celebration before Lent. The two-week ...

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