Cask of Amontillado

Edgar Allan Poe

CASK

Catacombs

Entrance

…or exit

The entrance to the Paris Catacombs.

Carnival in Venice

Carnival—began in 1162 in Venice to commemorate the Tuesday before Ash

Wednesday…MARDI GRAS!

Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) celebrates a day of total feasting before giving up meat for Ash Wednesday and Lent (religious holidays).

The Venetian Carnival runs from the end of January right up to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. In 2008, the carnival is January

25th through February 5th.

Piazza San Marco

The pigeons!