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    The bucentaur (/bjuːˈsɛntɔːr/ bew-SEN-tor; bucintoro in Italian and Venetian) was the ceremonial barge of the doges of Venice. It was used every year...
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    a "fundamental" rite for ancient Venice. The ceremony begins with the bucentaur docking at the Môle in front of the Doge's Palace. The doge of Venice...
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    50km 30miles SOUTH GEORGIA Bucentaur Rock    Bucentaur Rock (54°9′S 36°33′W / 54.150°S 36.550°W / -54.150; -36.550) is the outermost of three rocks...
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  • (recreational) Barge Bass boat Boita Bow rider Bracera Bragozzo Brig Brigantine Bucentaur Top of page Cabin cruiser Cruise ship Cable ferry Canoe Cape Islander...
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    Bucintoro near the Riva di Sant'Elena (also known as The Departure of the Bucentaur for the Ascension Day Ceremony, and other similar titles) is an oil painting...
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    and the MIT charter crossed the Charles River on the ceremonial barge Bucentaur built for the occasion, to signify MIT's move to a spacious new campus...
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    celebrated on Ascension Day, which included a parade of boats led by the Bucentaur and the rite of the Marriage of the Sea which symbolized the maritime...
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    The Bucentaur Returns to the Pier at the Doge's Palace or The Doge of Venice Departs for the Festival of the Betrothal of Venice to the Adriatic Sea is...
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    gondoliers in costumes sail in typical 16th century boats following the Bucentaur, doge's state galley. On November 21, Venetians thank the Virgin Mary...
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    with the sea. This was done by casting a ring from the state barge, the Bucentaur, into the Adriatic. In its earlier form this ceremony was instituted to...
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