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  1. Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (/ ˌ k æ s ə ˈ n oʊ v ə, ˌ k æ z ə-/, Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo dʒiˈrɔːlamo kazaˈnɔːva, kasa-]; 2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice.

  2. Jun 21, 2019 · Born in Venice in 1725, Giacomo Casanova became a gambler, adventurer, and the most famous womanizer of the 18th century. "I was born for the sex opposite to mine. I have always loved it and done all that I could to make myself loved by it."

  3. 2 days ago · Giacomo Casanova 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.”

  4. Jul 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.

  5. Aug 10, 2022 · 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...

  6. www.smithsonianmag.com › travel › who-was-casanova-160003650Who Was Casanova? | Smithsonian

    In fact, Giacomo Girolamo Casanova lived from 1725 to 1798, and was a far more intellectual figure than the gadabout playboy portrayed on film. He was a true Enlightenment polymath, whose many...

  7. Giacomo 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.

  8. Feb 7, 2023 · Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was born to two actors in the Venetian neighborhood of San Samuele.

  9. Nov 10, 2016 · Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was born in Venice in 1725, back when the city was a hotbed of vice, famed for its gambling, its courtesans and its carnival.

  10. Born into a family of Venetian actors, Giacomo Casanova studied for the priesthood as a young man, at a Seminary in Padua. Expelled for his licentious activities, he returned to Venice by way of a secretariship to a Cardinal in Rome - from which he was promptly fired, amid scandal.