Peacock mask

Carnevale

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February 12th 2015
Carnevale means, literally, "meat goes" or at least something like that. It is the lead up to Lent, and is the period of debauchery before the period of abnegation and self-denial before Easter. Here, in Venice, Carnevale began a week ago with a series of festivities: a parade of masks, the Flight of the Angel of Carnevale, fireworks, and lots of parties. Throughout the city people parade in elabo ... 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