Raixe Venete (translation: Venetian Roots) is a
Venetist cultural association.
Founded in 2002, Raixe Venete is aimed at "keeping the Venetian identity alive through the promotion, the protection and the circulation of the millennial Venetian culture, in all its forms, from history to language, from tradition to music". The association publishes a journal in
Venetian and has connections with kin organisations and
separatists
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from all over
Europe
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, especially from the
Basque Country and
Catalonia
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. Its most prominents members have included
Davide Guiotto and
Alberto Montagner.
Raixe Venete's leading event takes place every year on the first weekend of September in
Cittadella
Cittadella () is a medieval walled city in the province of Padua, northern Italy, founded in the 13th century as a military outpost of Padua. The surrounding wall has been restored and is in circumference with a diameter of around . There are fo ...
. The so-called ''Festa dei Veneti'', which has featured Venetist associations, actors, musicians and other artists since 2003,
is a meeting opportunity for Venetists from all ideological backgrounds. The first nine editions of the feast took place under mayor
Massimo Bitonci
Massimo Bitonci (born 24 June 1965) is an Italian Venetist politician. Born in Padua, he is a member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, of which he served as national president since 2016. In 1993, he joined Lega Nord and was deputy mayor of Cittade ...
. Over the years, the feast has drawn leading politicians, notably including
Luca Zaia
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of
Liga Veneta
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The LV, whose ideology combines Venetian nationalism and support for fiscal federalism, was established in 1979 under the slogan "farthe ...
–
Lega Nord
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and
Simonetta Rubinato of the
Democratic Party, and intellectuals and opinion-makers, such as
Vittorio Feltri,
Carlo Lottieri and
Lorenzo Del Boca
Lorenzo may refer to:
People
* Lorenzo (name)
Places Peru
* San Lorenzo Island (Peru), sometimes referred to as the island of Lorenzo
United States
* Lorenzo, Illinois
* Lorenzo, Texas
* San Lorenzo, California, formerly Lorenzo
* Lorenzo St ...
.
In the
2015 regional election Guiotto stood as candidate in Zaia's personal list, but was not elected.
See also
*
Festa dei Veneti from it.Wikipedia
References
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External links
Official website
Venetian nationalism