Venice: City of Water (Italy)

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Venice (English: Venice, Italian: Venezia, Veneto language: Venexia) is the capital of the Regione Veneto and the province of Venice in Italy. The city has an area of 412 km ² and a population of 271,663 inhabitants (2003). Venice is known as "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Bridges", and "The City of Light".

Venice : Italy City Water, this may be an appropriate designation for Venice. The town is located in the northeastern part of Italy is directly reminiscent of a name, Marco Polo. Name origin Venetian trader who wanders into a number of Asian countries is easy to remember because it listed in various history books that taught since elementary school. The name Marco Polo can not be separated from Venice. Even the name immortalized as the name of Marco Polo airport in the city.


Venice is known as a tourist city and industrial city. Heritage of fame makes trading city of Venice as one of the famous tourist spots on the shores of the Adriatic Sea. With the nickname The Queen of the Adriatic which is still attached.