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Festa della Sensa (Part Four)
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Procession of the Doge on Ascension Day over the Piazza San Marco in Venice. The procession leads to the Bucintoro, the Doge's galley. Once a year the Doge ceremonially 'married' the Adriatic Sea during the Festa della Sensa by throwing a ring into the water from this galley. In the upper left an angel crowning the winged lion of Saint Mark.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineFesta della Sensa (vierde gedeelte). 1679. Jost Amman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
