Venice's very existence inspires wonder, and during Carnival, this city of canals provides a fanciful backdrop for the festivities leading up to Lent. Costumes, and notably masks, have added to ...

Venice's opulent Byzantine-inspired and Gothic architecture, crisscrossed by a network of canals, is an otherworldly sight at any time. Once a year, however, the people of Venice don decadent ...

As carnival celebrations are held across the globe, more than two dozen craftsmen in a quaint studio in northern Albania put the final touches on a series of elegant Venetian masks destined for ...

Carnival in Venice takes place Feb. 14 through March ... They wore scarves around their heads, hats and masks, and all of them wear gloves to stay mysterious. Typically, they do not show any ...

Venice’s Carnival brings thousands of people to the lagoon city to watch the water procession, one of the event’s highlights, and check out people in elaborate costumes and masks who wander ...

The ancient tradition of the Sardinian carnival took center stage in Venice with the masks of the Mamutzones antigos of Samugheo. The group was chosen, together with others from the island ...

Every year, the Venice Art Mask Factory in Albania's Shkoder produces more than 20,000 hand-crafted masks, including 1,700 unique pieces this year alone, to be donned by carnival revellers from ...