The Wedding of the Sea
- Civicmedia
- Jul 14, 2023
- 1 min read
Canaletto, The Bacino di San Marco on Ascension Day, 1733
The Venetian Wedding of the Sea festival. The Doge was rowed out of the lagoon into the Adriatic in the ‘Bucintoro’, and dropped a gold ring into the sea to symbolise Venice’s maritime power.
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