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The Lido, or Venice Lido (Italian: Lido di Venezia), is an 11-kilometre-long (7-mile) barrier island in the Venetian Lagoon, Northern Italy; it is home to about 20,400 residents. The Venice Film Festival takes place at the Lido in late August/early September. [1] Lido Island seen from the campanile of the Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore.
The 81st annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2024, at Venice Lido in Italy. Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice opened the festival on 28 August 2024, [1] while Pupi Avati's The American Backyard closed on 7 September 2024.
The 80th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 30 August to 9 September 2023, at Venice Lido in Italy.. Comandante, directed by Edoardo De Angelis, served as the festival's opening film on 30 August. [1]
Palazzo del Cinema di Venezia is the place that hosts the Venice Film Festival and congress activities, located in Lido di Venezia, Venice, Italy. Description [ edit ]
The two Catholic institutions are located in the northern part of the Lido di Venezia and house the relics of Saint Nicholas, patron of sailors (shared with Bari). From this church, the traditional thanksgiving Mass of the Sposalizio del Mare ("Marriage of the Sea") is celebrated. The complex houses monks of the Franciscan order. [1]
The Venetian Lagoon (Italian: Laguna di Venezia; Venetian: Ĺaguna de Venesia) is an enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea, in northern Italy, in which the city of Venice is situated. Its name in the Italian and Venetian languages , Laguna Veneta (cognate of Latin lacus ' lake ' ), has provided the English name for an enclosed, shallow embayment of ...
The Lazzaretto Vecchio ("Old Lazaret"), formerly known as Santa Maria di Nazareth ("Holy Mary of Nazareth"), is an island of the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, located near the Lido of Venice. Between 1403 and 1630 it housed a hospital which cared for people during the plague epidemics and as a leper colony , giving rise to the English words ...
The name Malamocco also refers to one of the three inlets which connect the Venetian Lagoon to the Adriatic Sea. The inlets are called porto or bocca di porto. The porto di Malamocco is between Lido and Pellestrina, another barrier island. The other two are called porto del Lido, or di Lido San Nicolò, and porto di Chioggia.