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Feast of the Ascension

The marriage of the sea enchantes again

The Festa della Sensa is one of the city’s best known festivals that bring to life its thousand year history and its close ties to the sea and the art of “Voga alla Veneta” rowing. The Sensa (Ascension Day) Festival was celebrated by the Venetian Republic on the day of Christ’s Ascension.

Sensa is the Venetian dialect word for ascension. Venice began to celebrate Ascension Day again in 1965, with a water parade of traditional rowing boats from San Marco to Lido, leaded by the “Serenissima” boat, where the mayor and the other authorities take place and where the “Wedding with the Sea” is celebrated again: the evocative ceremony includes the throwing of a symbolic ring in the water and a High Mass in the church of San Nicolò. The event goes far beyond mere re-evocation: the Gemellaggio Adriatico ("Adriatic twinning") project now links the Serenissima Republic with a city or a geographic area that has had a special historical relationship with Venice, joined in a bond of culture, love of the sea and the activities connected with the sea. In addition to this, the Festival is the occasion for the award of the "Premio Osella d'Oro della Sensa", promoted by the Comitato Festa della Sensa, which is given to public bodies, institutions and private citizens that have given lustre to the city by means of their activities in the spheres of culture, crafts and trade. And on Sunday, Venetian rowing lovers participate to the water parade and to the other events organized by the Coordinamento delle Società Remiere di Voga alla Veneta. The programme is completed by the Sensa Market at the Church of San Nicolò on Lido, by the Venetian style rowing races and by many other events.

The Sensa today is a great time for meeting and fully realising the value of Venetian history and traditions: it is the festival of the city itself and its relationship with the sea.
 

 

Feast of the Ascension

from 12 мая 18 to 13 мая 18
Location: 
Bacino di San Marco
Lido di Venezia
Church of San Nicolò - Lido
Price: 
Free

Each year Venice beckons millions of tourists attracted by world-famous events. The most prominent among these is the Festa della Sensa (Feast of the Ascension). Tourists relive the age-old...

Andar per i luoghi della dieta mediterranea event

from 11 мая 18 to 13 мая 18
Location: 
Church of San Nicolò - Lido
Price: 
Free

Tre giorni di incontri, condivisioni, laboratori, giochi accompagnati dalla musica e dalla danza organizzati da Ecomuseo per l'area metropolitana veneziana.
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