A permanent pavilion is built for the spectators and nearly two dozen country boats, including some rowed by women, participate in the race.

Initiated in 1980, the Aperto began as a fringe event for younger artists and artists of a national origin not represented by the permanent national pavilions.

The Giardini houses 30 permanent national pavilions.

The assignment of the permanent pavilions was largely dictated by the international politics of the 1930s and the Cold War.

It is home to the village football and cricket clubs; which have use of a permanent pavilion on the greenside; as well as a modern children's playground.

The gardens contain 30 permanent pavilions.

Thirty-three countries have their own exhibitions, most of them in permanent national pavilions used in alternate years for the Venice Biennale art show.

Various games of skill may be found on the midway, and a carousel featuring hand-carved horses is housed just inside of a permanent pavilion nearby.

During the period May 2002 to August 2004 a concerted effort was made to source funding and construct a permanent pavilion.

The Exhibitions Pavilion acts as the temporary residence for traveling art collections and the Foundation's artwork for which the permanent pavilions have no room.