# Canonical recap data for Carnival of Venice Revival (1979)
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slug: carnival-venice
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1979/carnival-venice"
title: Carnival of Venice Revival
subtitle: Venice resurrected its historic carnival after two centuries, restoring a cultural tradition and revitalizing the city as a global destination.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1979-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1979
decade: 1970
country:
name: Italy
slug: italy
summaryShort: Carnival is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
summaryLong: Carnival is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Carnival_in_Valletta.jpg/1280px-Carnival_in_Valletta.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Freddyolsson · via Wikipedia
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival"
  title: Carnival
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
metaDescription: Carnival is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrov
wikidataQid: Q4618
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260703222702/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival"
  capturedAt: 2026-07-03
  label: Carnival
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival"
