Who Was Casanova So THIS is what the worlds most famous womanizer looks like Casanovas portrait, by Alessandro Longhi. 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. And Casanova was simply fascinating. In homage to Valentines Day, we bring you the real Casanova. Read onand prepare to be shockedDefine Casanova. Casanova synonyms, Casanova pronunciation, Casanova translation, English dictionary definition of Casanova. A man who seduces or attempts to. Church to military to music and womanizing. Born in Venice in 1. Casanova was a sharp childso sharp, in fact, that he entered the University of Padua at the age of 1. After graduating, he took up some of the vices that would make him a name Europe wide. Gambling, for one. Women, for another. Whether it was his wit, his charm, or his style or maybe just his hair, which he powdered, scented, and curled, they loved him. Casanova' title='Casanova' />But its said that he really found his passion for them, too, when he had an affair not just with a 1. If that werent bad enough, years later, Casanova wound up in bed with one of the two sisters againand her daughter who was also his. At the time, Casanova worked as a church cleric. It didnt last long. His gambling debts landed him in prison, and after a couple of other false starts in the Church, he had to start over. His new career As a soldier. Casanova is a 2005 American romantic film directed by Lasse Hallstrm starring Heath Ledger and loosely based on the life of Giacomo Casanova. Casanova definition, Giovanni Jacopo jawvahnnee yahkawpaw dvn ni y k p Show IPA, 172598, Italian adventurer and writer. See more. I bought a long sword, and with my handsome cane in hand, a trim hat with a black cockade, with my hair cut in side whiskers and a long false pigtail, I set forth to impress the whole city, Casanova writes in his memoirs. But, finding military life boring and owing yet still more money from gambling, Casanova quit the military. Now 2. 1 years old, Casanova became a violinist. There, he caught the eye of a senatorbeing in the right place at the right time and saving his life certainly helpedwho invited Casanova into his house and became his patron. But Casanova ran into trouble again. He fled Venice, escaped to Parma, fell in love, and had his heart broken. He went on a Grand Tour and seduced dozens of women. He became a Freemason, wrote a play, and finally, on 1. Driver Windows. Venice. And things were just getting started. Escapades and imprisonment. The Doges Palace, where Casanova was imprisonedimagine trying to break through that roof News of Casanovas escapadeshis tawdry affairs with everyone from married women to nuns to virgins, his gambling, his association with Freemasonryhad caught up with him. At 3. 0 years old, Casanova was arrested by the Venice Tribunal, primarily, the Tribunal said, for his public outrages against the holy religion. He was imprisoned in The Leads. And sentenced to remain there for five years. The cell, so nicknamed because of the lead plates covering the roof, was thought to be completely inescapable. Almost pitch dark, and with such a low ceiling Casanova couldnt even stand up straight, it was located on the top floor of five of the Doges Palace. Like the rest of the prisons, it was heavily guarded. Escaping seemed impossible. Escaping and not being seen on the roof of the most famous building in Venice or not being heard while clattering down the lead tiles Even more so. Casanova remained in The Leads for 1. His patron, Count Bragadin, finally convinced his keepers to move him. Aging Casanova reflects on the romantic adventures of his youth, in particular a love triangle with his one true love, clever and beautiful Henriette. Watch trailers. Welcome, Im Casanova Daily Reactions To Things That Happen Around the World. Join TeamCasanova Today Purchased in 2010 for 9. Casanovas erotic memoir has achieved the status of a French sacred. And Casanova was heartbroken. Why Because he had been thisclose to breaking out. One day, while on a walk that he was allowed to take for exercise in the prison attic, hed found a piece of black marble and an iron bar hed shaped the bar into a sharp chisel against the marble and then started to dig through the wooden floor beneath his bed. He knew his cell was right above the chamber of the Inquisitoran issue hed deal with after he escaped. But he never got the chance. Instead, just three days before he planned to escape, he was moved into his new, larger, and more lit cell. But he didnt languish in despair for long. It was time for Plan B. Casanovas daring escape. A priest lived in the cell right above Casanova. The priest liked to read, and the jailers were okay if the two educated prisoners exchanged books. Casanova wrote a note, using mulberry juice for ink, and stuck it in the books spine. The two started writing back and forth. Casanova told the priest he planned to escapeand asked for his help. All he had to do, he said, was break through his floor into Casanovas cell. Then Casanova would spirit them both away. The priest, Balbi, agreed. Casanova sent him the spike hed made It was hidden in a Bible, which was carried under a big plate of pasta. After weeks of work, the priest broke through. But there was a new problem. Casanova had a new cellmate. Doges Council of 1. Casanova. Ever the trickster, Casanova played on his new cell mates extreme faith. It had been revealed to him in a dream, Casanova told the man, that an angel was going to come deliver him from prison. When the two of them heard the priest digging away, that, Casanova said, was the angel. The man believed him. Balbis cell was right under the roof of the palace, so the two of them pried their way through the lead plates and, using the sheets, blankets, and even his mattress cover that Casanova had cut up and tied together to make rope, hoisted themselves onto the roof. But it was much too far to jump. Casanova searched everywhere. Nothing. Finally, after an hour, he saw a dormer window, two thirds down the roofs slope. Using his pick, he pried off the grate over the windowand, after a perilous attempt that included Casanova himself almost sliding over the roof to his death, he was able to get both him and the priest inside. And Casanova escaped on a gondola. After resting, the pair broke a lock, walked into a palace corridor, and strolled out. Homeboy Sandman Subject Matter. They escaped by gondola at sunrise. Thus, Casanova wrote, did God provide me with what I needed for an escape which was to be a wonder if not a miracle. I admit that I am proud of it. By the way, you can actually visit the very cell Casanova escaped from, and learn more about him, on our brand new, exclusive VIP Access Secret Passages tour. Casanovas many scams. As much of a close call as his imprisonment was, Casanova didnt take it as a sign that he should give up the game and retire to something a little more staid. Instead, he fled to Parisand pretended to be an alchemist. Every patrician wanted a piece of Casanova. He told them that he was 3.