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Tuscan towns ride high at Carnevale.
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January 19, 1997|
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Viareggio and Forte dei Marmi are such small locales, they hardly register a blip in the major Italian reference guidebooks. But these coastal Tuscan towns draw thousands of visitors every February for Viareggio's Carnevale, a more intimate - but equally cantankerous - cousin to Venice's annual Mardi Gras. This year, Carnevale in Viareggio is held Feb. 9-16.
A tradition that evolved from 14th-century masquerade parties, Carnevale in Viareggio is the most anticipated event of the year in these northwestern towns, some 30 minutes from ...
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