VENICE, ITALY - 13 MAY 2018 The "Serenissima", with on board the civil and military authorities of Venice, sails towards the port mouth of San Nicolò del Lido, where the mayor of Venice will launch the symbolic ring by pronouncing the formula of the ritual in Latin during the Marriage of the Serenissima with the Adriatic Sea in occasion of the religious festival of the Ascension, "Sensa" in Venetian dialect on May 13 2018 in Venice, Italy. Credit: Awakening Photo Agency/Alamy Live News


VENICE, ITALY - 13 MAY 2018 The "Serenissima", with on board the civil and military authorities of Venice, sails towards the port mouth of San Nicolò del Lido, where the mayor of Venice will launch the symbolic ring by pronouncing the formula of the ritual in Latin during the Marriage of the Serenissima with the Adriatic Sea in occasion of the religious festival of the Ascension, "Sensa" in Venetian dialect on May 13 2018 in Venice, Italy. The ceremony dates back to the year 1000, when doge Pietro Orseolo II left with a military expedition to the conquest of Dalmatia, against the Dalmatian pirates who threatened the trade routes of the Venetian ships. © Awakening / Alamy Live News


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