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5 unusual facts about Il Ballo del Doge


Antonia Sautter

She is well known for her costumes and for being the creator and organizer of Il Ballo del Doge, the costume ball held each year during the Carnival of Venice in Palazzo Pisani Moretta on the Grand Canal in Venice.

In 1994 Antonia started her annual masquerade ball, Il Ballo del Doge, initially as a showcase for her marvellous costumes.

Il Ballo del Doge

The ball is essentially a reconstruction of an 18th Century masquerade ball and includes a meal of Venetian cuisine.

The ball's name derives from the title of the elected heads (Doge, Duke in English) who ruled Venice up until the fall of the Venetian republic in the 18th Century.

Il Ballo del Doge (The Doge’s Ball) is the most elegant and exclusive Venetian masquerade ball, one of the many events held annually during the Carnival of Venice.



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