Events until October

The Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia), currently chaired by Paolo Baratta, has been for over a century one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Since its inception it has been at the forefront in research and promotion of new artistic trends. In Venice it organizes international events in contemporary arts which rank among the world’s most renowned events.

Among the events for the year 2013 there are training and entertainment activities for the Dance Biennale (May 2 – June 30), the 55th International Art Exhibition (June 1 – November 24), the 42nd International Theatre Festival (August 1 – August 11), the 70th Venice International Film Festival (August 28 – September 7) and the 57th International Festival of Contemporary Music (October 4 – October 13).

In addition to the institutional events, it is also involved in permanent new and refreshing activities thanks to the availability of its new headquarters in Venice (Ca’ Giustinian and Sala delle Colonne, where exhibitions and meetings are staged; The Children’s area; the new Biennale Library-ASAC (Historical Archives of Contemporary Arts), in the Public Gardens, suitable for study, reading and meetings; workshops and educational activities with master classes, school projects and guided courses; as well as the Historical Archives of the Biennale with its funds available for consultation). The complete program

• Double rooms for 60 Euro and Single rooms for 50 Euro
• Free Car Parking in front of each room
• Free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel

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New Year’s Eve 2012 in the marvelous Venetian lagoon aboard a ship, with possible overnight stay in Autohotel Venezia

For all those who are looking for an original and romantic way to spend New Year’s Eve 2012 in Venice , Riviera del Brenta offers an unmissable opportunity
The evening includes boarding from the Fusina dock (Venice) at 7.30 pm or from Venice (Riva delle Zattere) at 8.30 pm. You will be navigating along the most beautiful and evocative places of the Venetian Lagoon, including the Giudecca Canal, the Basin of San Marco and the Riva dei Sette Martiri.
The seafood dinner by candlelight and with background music, will begin with a welcome drink and end with a midnight toast. Afterwards, you will land and reach piazza San Marco which will be hosting the LOVE 2012 event, with about 70,000 people attending. At 1 .30 you will board again and continue the New Year’s celebrations on the boat.
For prices, additional information and to book please visit the event official website, while for your night stay you can consider Autohotel Venezia.
Autohotel, is nearby and affordable: it has the advantage of being open 24 hours, so those of you who will participate in the New Year’s eve dinner on the boat, will have no timing inconvenience.

Besides being easily accessible, Autohotel Venezia offers:

• Double rooms for 60 Euro and Single rooms for 50 Euro
• Free Car Parking in front of each room
• Free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel

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The Festa della Sensa (The Ascension Day Festival) was a public feast celebrated in the Venetian Republic on the occasion of the day of the Ascension of Christ. It commemorates two important events for the Republic: one on May 9 in the year 1000, when the Doge Pietro II Orseolo came to the rescue of the people of Dalmatia, threatened by the Slavs, and the second event, which took place in 1177, when, under the Doge Sebastiano Ziani, Pope Alexander III and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa signed in Venice the peace treaty that put an end to the age-old dispute between the Papacy and the Empire.

On the occasion of this festival was held the ceremony of the Wedding to the Sea: the Doge, on the Bucintoro (Bucentaur), reached St. Elena off San Pietro di Castello. The Bishop was waiting for him here, on board of a boat with gilt sides, ready to bless him. The Festival ended with a kind of propitiatory rite: the Doge, once reached the Bocca di Porto (Port Inlet), threw a gold ring into the waters.

Thanks to the activity of the Comitato Festa della Sensa (Festa della Sensa Committee), since 1965 Venice has begun to celebrate this event again with a water parade of traditional rowing boats from San Marco to Lido, organized by the Coordinamento delle Società Remiere di Voga alla Veneta (Coordination Center of the Venetian Style Rowing Clubs), led by the “Serenissima” boat on which the mayor and the other authorities take their places and from which is still celebrated the rite of the Wedding to the Sea with the throwing of a ring in the water. The programme is completed by the Sensa Market at the Church of San Nicolò on Lido, by the Venetian style rowing races and by many other events. Appointments on Saturday 11 and Sunday, May 12, 2013.

And for your stay choose Autohotel, the budget hotel ideal as a base for a trip to Venice!

• Double Rooms at 60 Euro and Single Rooms at 50 Euro
• Free parking in front of each room
• Free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel

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