Venice is a city in northern Italy. It is the capital of region Veneto.
Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice
Metropolitan Area. Venice has been known as the “Queen of the Adriatic”,
“City of Water”, “City of Bridges”, and “The City of Light”. The city
stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along
the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.
Venice is world-famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of
117 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands
on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the
old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of
transport is on water or on foot.
You can ride gondola there. It is the classical Venetian boat which
nowadays is mostly used for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or
other ceremonies. Now, most Venetians travel by motorised waterbuses
(“vaporetti”) which ply regular routes along the major canals and
between the city’s islands. The city also has many private boats. The
only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the traghetti, foot
passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without
bridges.
You can see the amusing city’s landmarks such as Piazza San Marco,
Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo, Saint Mark’s Cathedral or villas of the
Veneto. The villas of the Veneto, rural residences for nobles during the
Republic, are one of the most interesting aspects of Venetian
countryside.
They are surrounded by
elegant gardens, suitable for fashionable parties of high society. The
city is also well known for its beautiful and romantic view, especially
at night.
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