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  2. Giacomo 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Jun 21, 2019 · Giacomo Casanova was a lover, hero, villain, seducer, rapist, peacock, and libertine. He was certainly shaped in many ways by the charms of his watery homeland, but also found his humid home a trifle stifling — particularly from the I Piombi jail, high in the attic of the Doge’s Palace.

  5. The personal memoir of history’s most famous lover reveals a misunderstood intellectual who befriended the likes of Ben Franklin. Casanova in 1787.

  6. May 31, 2024 · 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.”

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  7. Jun 3, 2016 · Say the name ‘Casanova’ and, generally, people will associate it with the idea of playboy, libertine, serial lover and seducer. In fact, his name has even turned into a phrase – to be a Casanova – to imply a man who is very good at seducing women.

  8. 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 a range of women from milkmaids to nuns, he states: “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.”

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