Lido di Venezia is home to the Venice International Film Festival (Italian: Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale"). It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the three most prestigious ones, together with the Cannes Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival.

Best & Genuine Food in Venice, Italy. Venice is a touristy city. It receives more than 30 million tourist per year. That’s no surprise so far. Tourist come from all around the world to contemplate the beautiful canals, as well as the old and preserved architecture. The population of Venice has decreased 3 times in the last 15 years, that is ...

The Venice Biennale, a periodical large-scale cultural event founded in 1895, served as an archetype of the biennales.Meant to become a World Fair focused on contemporary art, the Venice Biennale used as a pretext the wedding anniversary of the Italian king and followed up to several national exhibitions organised after Italy unification in 1861.The Biennale immediately …

The idea involves linking a map of the Silk Roads during China's Han Dynasty to Italian explorer Marco Polo’s descriptions of the area and to current-day photographs. ... the summer palace of the Chinese emperor, Kublai Khan, in 1275. Marco’s father Nicolo was a merchant from Venice, Italy, and he had established a profitable trading ...