Talk:Carnival of Venice
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[edit] External links
I deleted the external link for a site that lists bed and breakfasts and other low cost accomodations for Venice. I believe it is the kind of commercial advertising that is not within the Wikipedia policy. If anyone thinks different, please let me know.Ninarosa 15:58, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
- I absolutely agree, it is naked commerce, that link was also inserted into the Italian article. I removed it (again). Ryancolm 12:33, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Carnival hiatus
I am confuse about the claim that Fascism outlawed Carnival. AFAIK, Carnival in Venice was pretty much dead since the Austro-Hungarian invasion, and it was revived in 1979--as an initiative by the Comune di Venezia, not because of a mask shop. Any source for these claims?--Ninarosa 17:24, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
- My wife (who's Italian) says she distinctly remembers that the Venice Carnival was revived by the Comune di Venezia in or around 1981 (so it could be 1979 as you say). I'll see if I can find some Italian-language references. Ryancolm 09:18, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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- So far I've found that Maurizio Cecconi, the then alderman for tourism in Venice, together with Maurizio Scaparro of the Venice Biennale was responsible for reviving Carnival in Venice (http://www.golemindispensabile.it/chisiamo.asp, scroll down to the bio notes for Maurizio Cecconi, in Italian).
There's a website that looks promising, www.storiadivenezia.it, which somebody else might have the time to plough through - I don't, sorry. Ryancolm 12:10, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Title
im not sure whether the title should be renamed as its more about the masks than the whole carnival Skullkid 3 11:59, 28 June 2007 (UTC) skullkid 3
