12 fast facts about Venice
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- The name Venice is derived from the ancient tribe of Veneti that inhabited the region in Roman times.
- Venice has 160 canals connected by 409 bridges It is built on wood poles from Cadore forests, in the Alps.
- Venice has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Masks", "City of Bridges", "The Floating City", and "City of Canals"
- Venice stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.
- Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area (population 1,600,000).
- The palaces in Venice were built with the facade in front of the canal. The entrance used today was actually the secondary one.
- The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.
- Venice is the only European city (and one of the few in the world) to have its public transport entirely on the water.
- The Republic of Venice was a major maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially silk, grain and spice trade) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century.
- St Mark’s Cathedral of Venice, also known as St Mark’s Basilica, is one of the most famous as well as most beautiful churches in the city.
- Venice is also famous for its musical, particularly operatic, history, and its most famous son in this field is Antonio Vivaldi.
- The classical Venetian boat is the gondola, although it is now mostly used for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies.
