"If I had to look up a word that replaces music, I think only in Venice"
(Friedrich Nietzsche)

THE CITY OF ARTISTS:

With the word high water are shown in the Venice lagoon peaks of very high tides, which cause flooding in the urban area. The phenomenon is especially common in autumn and spring, when high tide comes to flood much of the city. The phenomenon of high water is generated by the combination of two main factors: a contribution that creates alternating regular astronomical tides and meteorological cause, the storm surge, composed of a combination of wind and pressure atmosphere at sea. The high tide by itself does not generate the high water, is the storm surge combined with the astronomical tide brings the water level to rise above normal levels and far less predictable.
The rise of water above sea level is a normal phenomenon in a closed basin such as the Adriatic sea and the wind favors is not the Bora common to Venice, but the Scirocco acting in the longitudinal direction over the entire Adriatic sea.

THE CARNIVAL
Its origins are very ancient: the first testimonials is a document of Doge Vitale Falier of 1094, which looks at public entertainment which the word carnival is mentioned for the first time. The establishment of the Carnival by the Venetian oligarchy is generally attributed to the need of the Serenissima, like what has already happened in ancient Rome, to give to the people, especially the lower classes, a short period devoted entirely to entertainment and celebrations, during which the Venetians and foreigners poured across the city to celebrate with music and wild dancing.
Through the anonymity with masks and costumes, is seeking a kind of leveling of all social divisions and was approved even mockery of the public authorities and the aristocracy. Clearly, these concessions were widely tolerated and considered a providential outburst to the tensions and discontent that is inevitably created within the Republic of Venice, which placed strict limits on issues such as morality and public order of its citizens.
In 1797, with the French occupation

The history of the Biennale has deep roots, begins when the municipal authorities of Venice, headed by Mayor Richard Wild, act during the board meeting of 19 April 1893 establishing a National Art Biennial Exhibition, to be inaugurated next year. Set in motion the organizational machine, the first exhibition was officially opened April 30 1895. During its hundred year history, the Venice Biennale complement at the International Art Exhibition series of events that are born in the 30s: Festival of Contemporary Music (1930), the Venice Film Festival (1932), the Theater Festival (1934). Born after the areas of architecture (1980) and Dance (1999).