The most important festival of the year for the city of Venice is coming: the Carnival. Let’s find out more about the history of the mask of Pulcinella. Pulcinella is probably the most popular and ancient mask, emblem of Naples and its people, including all the contradictions. The mask has really ancient origins, dating back to […]
Venice is a city of art. Many painters and artists have studied in this magnificent city and have become famous all over the world. Among them was Umberto Moggioli. This year is the 100th anniversary of his death and the city celebrates him with an exhibition at the International Gallery of Modern Art in Ca’ […]
In Venice there are over 400 bridges and 150 canals that connect the different small islands of the city. Each bridge has a particular and characteristic name. Near Campo San Barnaba there is the “Ponte dei Pugni” so called because it was the battlefield of the legendary “Guerra dei Pugni“. The fight between the Nicolotti, […]
The ravioli are a typical dish of Italian cuisine. They are fresh egg pasta stuffed with meat or vegetables. The recipes change from region to region. Even the name often changes: agnolotto or agnellotto (smaller) in Piemonte, anolino in Piacenza and Parma, marubino in Cremona, tortello in Emilia and Lombardy, pansoti or pansotti in Liguria, […]
It’s New Year: another year has passed. 2019 was a year full of surprises and events. The entire staff of the Ristorante Falciani is happy to have spent this year too with all its customers. The compliments we receive from our customers and the smile we see on their faces once they have tasted our […]
Venice is ready to celebrate Christmas! The city is full of typical Christmas markets that warm the atmosphere. The largest market in Venice is the MCV XmasMARKET. It is located in Palazzo Zenobio, a splendid building in the city centre, now the seat of the Armenian College. Lots of lights and market stalls await you. […]
The collection of Mr. X, the man who lived 500 years is perhaps one of the most mysterious titles given to an art exhibition. Alberta Pane Gallery presents the exhibition The collection of Mr. X, the man who lived 500 years at its Venetian headquarters. The project is based on the premise of a parallel […]
For art lovers, at the Lace Museum in Burano, until January 8th 2020 will be present the exhibition Painting of Light. Burano and its Painters. It all began in the early 1900s, when some artists decided to move to the Venetian island, soon turning it into the main venue for a modern and alternative art, […]
Tiramisù is the most famous Italian dessert in the world. Its origins are decidedly uncertain and its recipe appears written in recipe books only at the end of the 1960s. There are those who think it was born in the kitchens of a Veneto restaurant, while others attribute it to Friuli Venezia Giulia; what is […]