Carnival, amongst history, tradition and entertainment It is the most anticipated Venetian event of this season, and certainly, the most riveting one. Its calendar, at least in Venice, is linked to Christian tradition and thus to the “falling” of Easter together with Ash Wednesday, on the calendar this year on the first of March, which begins Lent and thus a period of penitence.
The month of February will therefore see the city experiencing two different aspects, contrasting with each other: a romantic and reflective one, typical of the cold season, during its first part, and an exuberant, festive, sometimes transgressive one, during the second, dedicated to Carnival itself.