# Canonical recap data for Venice Carnival First Recorded (1162)
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slug: venice-carnival-first
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1162/venice-carnival-first"
title: Venice Carnival First Recorded
subtitle: The first documented mention of the Venetian Carnival celebrates the emergence of Europe's most elaborate public festival tradition, blending theater, anonymity, and social inversion.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1162-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1162
decade: 1160
country:
name: Italy
slug: italy
summaryShort: The Carnival of Venice is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy, famous for its elaborate costumes and masks. The Carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday, which is the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
summaryLong: The Carnival of Venice is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy, famous for its elaborate costumes and masks. The Carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday, which is the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Giovanni_Domenico_Tiepolo_-_Carnival_Scene_%28The_Minuet%29_-_WGA22379.jpg/1280px-Giovanni_Domenico_Tiepolo_-_Carnival_Scene_%28The_Minuet%29_-_WGA22379.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · via Wikipedia
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Venice"
  title: Venice Carnival
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
metaDescription: The Carnival of Venice is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy, famous for its elaborate costumes and masks. The Carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday, which is t
wikidataQid: Q35191
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260625141251/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Venice"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-25
  label: Venice Carnival
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Venice"
