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The Venetian Lagoon at sunset. Veneto ( US: / ˈvɛnətoʊ, ˈveɪn -/ VEN-ə-toh, VAYN-, [3] Italian: [ˈvɛːneto]) [4] [5] or the Venetia [4] is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of about five million. Venice is the region's capital and ...
Venice is located in northeastern Italy, in the Veneto region. The city is situated on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by 438 bridges. The historic center of Venice is divided into six districts, or sestieri, which are named Cannaregio, Castello, Dorsoduro, San Marco, San Polo, and Santa Croce.
1097 – Market established on Rialto. [5] 1131 – Church of San Clemente is the first established settlement on the Isola di San Clemente. 1157 – Bank established. [1] 1173 – Rialto Bridge made of wood opened, designed by Nicolò Barattieri. [8] 1204 – Fourth Crusade embarks from Venice. 1228 – Fondaco dei Tedeschi built.
Plaque for Vicenza in the UNESCO World Heritage List. City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto is a World Heritage Site in Italy, which protects buildings by the architect Andrea Palladio. UNESCO inscribed the site on the World Heritage List in 1994. [ 1] At first the site was called "Vicenza, City of Palladio" and only buildings ...
Verona ( / vəˈroʊnə / və-ROH-nə, Italian: [veˈroːna] ⓘ; Venetian: Verona or Veròna) is a city on the River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. [ 3 ] It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city municipality in the region and in northeastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona ...
Vicenza is a thriving and cosmopolitan city, with a rich history and culture, and many museums, art galleries, piazzas, villas, churches and elegant Renaissance palazzi. With the Palladian villas of the Veneto in the surrounding area, and his renowned Teatro Olimpico ("Olympic Theater"), the "city of Palladio" has been listed as a UNESCO World ...
Northern Italy (Italian: Italia settentrionale, Nord Italia, Alta Italia) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy. [3] [4] The Italian National Institute of Statistics defines the region as encompassing the four northwestern regions of Piedmont, Aosta Valley, Liguria and Lombardy in addition to the four northeastern regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli ...
Via Vittorio Veneto ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈviːa vitˈtɔːrjo ˈvɛːneto] ), [ 1] colloquially called Via Veneto, is one of the most famous, elegant, and expensive streets of Rome, Italy. The street is named after the Battle of Vittorio Veneto (1918), a decisive Italian victory of World War I. Federico Fellini 's classic 1960 film La ...