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 Carnevale — Venice  _ Italy Festival  Carnival of Venice The Carnival of Venice ( Italian: Carnevale di Venezia ) is an annual festival held in Venice , Italy .  The Carnival ends with the Christian celebration of Lent , forty days before Easter , on Shrove Tuesday (Martedì Grasso or Mardi Gras ), the day before Ash Wednesday .  The festival is world famous for its e laborate masks . History It's said that the Carnival of Venice was started from a victory of the " Serenissima Repubblica " against the Patriarch of Aquileia , Ulrico di Treven in the year 1162 .  In the honour of this victory , the people started to dance and gather in San Marco Square . Apparently, this festival started on that period and became official in the Renaissance . In the seventeenth century , the baroque carnival was a way to save the prestigious image of Venice in the world . It was very famous during th...