Giacomo Casanova most famous and representative citizen. Casanova was cared for by his grandmother Marzia Baldissera while his mother toured about Europe in the theater. His father died when he was eight. As a child, Casanova suffered nosebleeds, and his grandmother sought help from a witch: "Leaving the gondola, we enter a hovel, where we find an old woman sitting on a pallet, with a black cat in her arms and five or six others around her." Though the unguent applied was ineffective, Casanova was fascinated by the incantation. Perhaps to remedy the nosebleeds (a physician blamed the density of Venice's air),
Daniela Casanova Daniela Casanova Daniela Casanova (born 14 May 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland. Casanova has a career high WTA singles ranking of 456, achieved on 8 July 2002. She also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 402, achieved on 17 June 2002. She has won two ITF singles titles and 24 ITF doubles titles. Playing for Switzerland in Fed Cup, Casanova has a W/L of 0–2. She retired from tennis in 2003. Casanova was born in Altstätten. She started playing tennis at age 5. She was coached by her father, Leo Casanova, and Zoltan Kuharszky,