People wearing masked carnival costumes, San Giorgio in the background, Venice Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Person wearing masked carnival costume, San Giorgio in the background, Venice Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Carnival fireworks, gondolas on waterfront at night, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

View over Ragusa Ibla, dusk, fireworks marking the Festival of San Giorgio, Ragusa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ragusa Province, Sicily, Italy, Europe

View over illuminated Ragusa Ibla, dusk, streets decorated to mark the Festival of San Giorgio, Ragusa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Procession to mark the Festival of San Giorgio bearing the mounted figure of St. George into Ragusa Ibla, Ragusa, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Procession to mark the Festival of San Giorgio bearing the mounted figure of St. George into Ragusa Ibla, Ragusa, Sicily, Italy, Europe