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Venice (/ ˈ v ɛ n ɪ s / VEN-iss; Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ⓘ; Venetian: Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.It is built on a group of 127 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 472 bridges. [3]
The Metropolitan City of Venice (Italian: città metropolitana di Venezia) is a metropolitan city in the Veneto region of Italy, one of ten metropolitan cities in Italy. Its capital is the city of Venice. It replaced the province of Venice in 2015 [3] and includes the city of Venice and 43 comuni (sg.: comune).
The Republic of Venice, [a] officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenìssima, [b] was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice. Founded, according to tradition, in 697 by Paolo Lucio Anafesto , over the course of its 1,100 years of history it established itself as one of the ...
The Republic of Venice in AD 1000. The republican territory is dark red, the borders in light red. The Republic of Venice (Venetian: Repùbrega Vèneta; Italian: Repubblica di Venezia) was a sovereign state and maritime republic in Northeast Italy, which existed for a millennium between the 8th century and 1797.
Venice is the region's capital while Verona is the largest city. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire until the 5th century AD. Later, after a feudal period, it was part of the Republic of Venice until 1797. Venice ruled for centuries over one of the largest and richest maritime republics and trade empires in the world.
Venice, Italy. Few cities feed the ... Situated in the Peruvian Andes, this former capital of the Inca Empire is home to abundant treasures, from archaeological remains to glorious plazas, and ...
The province of Venice (Italian: provincia di Venezia) was a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Venice . It had an area of 2,467 km 2 , and a total population of 836,916 (2021). [ 1 ]
Venice, spread over 118 small islands, is at risk of disappearing into the sea by as early as 2100 due to rising sea levels and the weight of continuous overtourism, with people and seawater ...