Venice Carnival in the Time of COVID Is Unlike Any Before It, but No One Wants to Repeat It

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This year, the Venetians are embracing the last chance they will get to celebrate alone.

Published Feb. 16 2021 5:09AM EST

VENICE—In a normal year during Carnival, St. Mark’s Square is invariably a sea of papier-mâché and feathers, heaving with Venetians and tourists dressed in ornate period costumes topped with hand-painted bejeweled masks.

Barbie Latza Nadeau

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Venice Carnival in the Time of COVID Is Unlike Any Before It, but No One Wants to Repeat It

This year, the Venetians are embracing the last chance they will get to celebrate alone.

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Barbie Latza Nadeau