That looks like fun

Venice Carnivale

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May 16th 2009
This by far was the best experience I had in Italy. I went with the school trip to Venice for Carnivale. For those of you who don't know, Carnivale is pretty much "Mardi Gras" only Italians don't go crazy throwing beads and going topless. Their version is much more fun, to me anyway. The people of Venice dress up in their best garb of the 17th-18th century and wear some of the most gorgeous m ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more