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  2. Venetian Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    Compared to the Renaissance architecture of other Italian cities, in Venice there was a degree of conservatism, especially in retaining the overall form of buildings, which in the city were usually replacements on a confined site, and in windows, where arched or round tops, sometimes with a classicized version of the tracery of Venetian Gothic architecture, remained far more heavily used than ...

  3. Category:Culture in Venice - Wikipedia

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    Cultural organization in Venice (7 P) F. Festivals in Venice (1 C, 6 P) Venice in fiction (10 C, 8 P) J. Jews and Judaism in Venice (2 C, 9 P) M. Mass media in Venice ...

  4. Venetian cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Venice adopted numerous Jewish dishes, such as vegetables prepared alla giudia, various salt cod recipes, almond-based pastries, and puff pastry. A notable example is pesce in saor—fried fish marinated with vinegar, raisins, pine nuts, and eggplants—which initially alarmed Venetians who thought it might be harmful. Additionally, the Jewish ...

  5. Category:Culture of the Republic of Venice - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Culture of the Republic of Venice" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M.

  6. Venetian nobility - Wikipedia

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    The Venetian patriciate (Italian: Patriziato veneziano, Venetian: Patrisiato venesian) was one of the three social bodies into which the society of the Republic of Venice was divided, together with citizens and foreigners. Patrizio was the noble title of the members of the aristocracy ruling the city of Venice and the Republic.

  7. Culture of Italy - Wikipedia

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    Spain provided an equally telling example of Italian cultural admiration in the 18th century. The installation of a team of Italian architects and artists, headed by Filippo Juvarra, has been interpreted as part of Queen Elisabeth Farnese's conscious policy to mould the visual culture of the Spanish court along Italian lines.

  8. Venetian Gothic architecture - Wikipedia

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    Venetian Gothic is the particular form of Italian Gothic architecture typical of Venice, originating in local building requirements, with some influence from Byzantine architecture, and some from Islamic architecture, reflecting Venice's trading network. Very unusually for medieval architecture, the style is at its most characteristic in ...

  9. Traditions of Italy - Wikipedia

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    Carnival of Venice Festa del Redentore The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. [217] The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia) is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy. The carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday (Martedì Grasso or Mardi Gras), which is the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. The ...