Business Insider UK visited three different workshops to see how the masks are made for the world famous Carnival of Venice. The traditional masks are made in papier maché and are decorated with ...

Sometimes masks are worn as part of a carnival. This person is at the Venice Carnival. It happens every year in Venice, Italy. The carnival always involves costumes and masks. This mask is made ...

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Partygoers in Italy have come out in style for the annual Venice Carnival, several months after ... is famous around the world for its elaborate masks and costumes. It marks a period of opulence ...

Italian officials have cut short the Venice Carnival as they try to control what ... with some guests wearing surgical masks. On Sunday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said the country faced ...

Venice teems with Carnival mask shops, but serious players who only stock their ... The cutlery, crockery, lighting, jewellery and bags on sale here are sourced from young artisans or small-scale ...

Tourists pay $10 to ride the vaporetto, $13 for a soft drink at Caffè Florian, $40 for a plastic Carnival ... masks, gondola pins, felt jester caps. "Everything is for sale," he sighs. "Even Venice." ...

Like many later Carnival celebrations, Venice’s affairs were marked by the widespread use of masks, which created a temporary feeling of equality between the ruling class and the lower classes.

Carnival commences in February, and it's a huge event in Venice, so be prepared for large crowds of mask-wearing participants. Aside from Carnival, the city is relatively quiet this time of year.

The church was built in honor of St. Mark the Evangelist, whose remains were stolen in Alexandria, Egypt, by a couple crafty Venetians, intent on bringing him to rest in Venice. (What made them ...