The Historical Regatta takes place every year on the first Sunday of September. It is one of the most spectacular, picturesque and engaging moments of city life, followed in particular by the Venetians who gather along the banks of the Grand Canal.
It commemorates the welcome given in 1489 to Caterina Cornaro, wife of the King of Cyprus, who renounced the throne in favor of Venice. It is a parade of dozens and dozens of typical sixteenth-century boats, multicolored and with gondoliers in costume, carrying the doge, the dogaressa, Caterina Cornaro, all the highest offices of the Venetian Magistracy, in a faithful reconstruction of the glorious past of one of the Maritime Republics most powerful and influential in the Mediterranean.
SUNDAY 4 SEPTEMBER
From 16.00
HISTORICAL – SPORTS COURT: parade along the Grand Canal of historic boats with costumed figures, gondolas and boats belonging to the Venetian rowing associations.
Route: San Marco Basin, Grand Canal, Rialto, Railway and back along the Grand Canal to Ca ‘Foscari
_ 16.30
REGATA DELLE MACIARELE E DELLE SCHIE: regatta on mascarete with two oars reserved for boys.
Categories:
– Maciarele Senior (up to 14 years). Route: from Punta della Dogana to Ca ‘Foscari
– Schie (up to 10 years). Route: from Rialto to Ca ‘Foscari
– Maciarele Junior (up to 12 years). Route: from San Stae to Ca ‘Foscari
__ 16.50
REGATTA OF YOUNG PEOPLE ON TWO-OARED PUPPETS
Route: San Marco Basin, Grand Canal, around the paleto at Ca ‘Farsetti and arrival in Ca’ Foscari
_ 17.10
SIX-OARED CAORLINE REGATTA
Route: San Marco Basin, Grand Canal, Rialto (around the paleto at San Marcuola), return along the Grand Canal and arrival at Ca ‘Foscari
