If you'll be in Venice on May 27, check this out...
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If you'll be in Venice on May 27, check this out...
Courtesy of VeniceWord's monthly email..
EVENTS. The restoration work on the Clock Tower in St. Mark's Square
has ended, and on Saturday 27 May there will be a great fete to celebrate
the event. At midnight, the veil that now covers it will fall, and the
Moors -- silent for ten years -- will welcome the new day by tolling
132 times. At the last toll, a brilliant display of fireworks will light
the tower. The producer of the event, Venetian Marco Balich, was also
the artistic director of the opening and closing ceremonies at the Turin
Winter Olympics. A few hours before, beginning at 8:30 p.m., actors,
acrobats, and jugglers will liven up the scene, and the feast's Patroness
will be actress Claudia Cardinale.
EVENTS. The restoration work on the Clock Tower in St. Mark's Square
has ended, and on Saturday 27 May there will be a great fete to celebrate
the event. At midnight, the veil that now covers it will fall, and the
Moors -- silent for ten years -- will welcome the new day by tolling
132 times. At the last toll, a brilliant display of fireworks will light
the tower. The producer of the event, Venetian Marco Balich, was also
the artistic director of the opening and closing ceremonies at the Turin
Winter Olympics. A few hours before, beginning at 8:30 p.m., actors,
acrobats, and jugglers will liven up the scene, and the feast's Patroness
will be actress Claudia Cardinale.
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For those of us who can't be there (and oh how I wish I was) we can tune in via the web cam at www.comune.venezia.it/webcam/
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I noticed sometime ago on the web cam that the scaffolding on the clock tower was being removed. Now with Sand's info, I can be sure I will be able to see the whole tower for the first time. Have been to Venice 7 times in last 5 years but was always wondering when the restauration
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If you want to see a tape of the actual live video feed of the unveiling of the Torre d'Orologio, complete with the cute mayor setting off the unveiling go to this website:
www.venicechannel.it
and click ORA!
www.venicechannel.it
and click ORA!