Fireworks over the water

Redentore Festival

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July 16th 2005
We came back early from Lake Como to be in Venice for Redentore... which is quite possibly THE most amazing party ever. Here's the story: back in the 16th century when the plague ended, Venice erected a church dedicated to Christ of the Redeemer to give thanks for the disappearance for the disease. The church is on Gedeccia (I still can't spell) which is not on the actual Venice island so they b ... 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