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1. Giacomo Casanova - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Casanova
Description: WEBGiacomo Girolamo Casanova ( / ˌkæsəˈnoʊvə, ˌkæzə -/, [1] [2] [3] Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo dʒiˈrɔːlamo kazaˈnɔːva, kasa-]; 2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice.
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2. More Than a Womanizer: The History Behind the Real Casanova
Link: https://www.walksofitaly.com/blog/art-culture/casanova-the-lover-venice-italy
Description: WEBJuly 5, 2023. Today, Casanova is best known as one of the most famous lovers in history. But the Venetian was more than a womanizer. He was a scam artist and scofflaw, an alchemist, spy and church cleric. He wrote satires, fought duels, and escaped from prison more than once. Giacomo Casanova. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
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3. Casanova Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Casanova
Description: WEBThe meaning of CASANOVA is a man known for seducing women and having many lovers. How to use Casanova in a sentence.
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4. Who Was Casanova? | Travel| Smithsonian Magazine
Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/who-was-casanova-160003650/
Description: WEBTRAVEL. Who Was Casanova? The personal memoir of history’s most famous lover reveals a misunderstood intellectual who befriended the likes of Ben Franklin. Tony Perrottet. Contributing writer....
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5. Giacomo Casanova | 18th Century Italian Lover & Adventurer
Link: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giacomo-Casanova
Description: WEBMar 29, 2024 · Giacomo Casanova (born April 2, 1725, Venice [Italy]—died June 4, 1798, Dux, Bohemia [now Duchcov, Czech Republic]) was an ecclesiastic, writer, soldier, spy, and diplomatist, chiefly remembered as the prince of Italian adventurers and as the man who made the name Casanova synonymous with “libertine.”.
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6. Giacomo Casanova: Master of Seduction or a Misunderstood …
Link: https://www.historyhit.com/giacomo-casanova-master-of-seduction-or-a-misunderstood-intellectual/
Description: WEBAug 10, 2022 · Georgian. Giacomo Casanova is renowned as one of the most famous lovers in history. Indeed, in his autobiography, which details more than 120 love affairs with...
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7. Inside the decadence of Casanova’s Venice - National Geographic
Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/casanova-venice-italy-18th-century-decadence-pleasure-scandal
Description: WEBFeb 7, 2023 · In 1725 a child was born in the Republic of Venice who would grow up to be Casanova, known for his lifelong obsession with the pursuit of pleasure. Wreathed in beauty and splendor, Venice in the...
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8. The Extraordinary Life of Giacomo Casanova | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/video/179963/Profile-Giacomo-Casanova
Description: WEBGiacomo Casanova must have indeed been a charming, charismatic and remarkably imaginative person. Despite this, his life ended in solitude in 1798 at the Castle of Dux in the northern part of today's Czech Republic.
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9. Why Casanova Continues to Seduce Us | The New Yorker
Link: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/27/why-casanova-continues-to-seduce-us-leo-damrosch-adventurer
Description: WEBBy Judith Thurman. June 20, 2022. Casanova prided himself on being a man of letters; his memoirs represent his ultimate seduction—of the reading public. Illustration by Anna and Elena Balbusso....
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10. How Casanova’s provocative memoir created a legend - BBC
Link: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20161108-how-casanovas-x-rated-memoir-created-a-legend
Description: WEB10 November 2016. By Hephzibah Anderson,Features correspondent. Alamy. The 18th Century Venetian’s name is synonymous with sexual adventure. But Casanova’s renowned writings reveal a more...