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Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is situated across a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by bridges. The city has 400 bridges. The buildings of Venice are constructed on closely spaced wooden piles. Most of these piles are still intact after centuries of submersion. The piles penetrate a softer layer of sand and mud until they reach a much harder layer of compressed clay. Tip: if you're not arranging private transport from the airport make sure you have some local taxi numbers with you because there isn't a proper taxi rank at the airport - or at least there isn't one if your flight is delayed and you arrive at 2.30am!
Santa Maria della Salute is built on a platform made of 1,000,000 wooden piles to celebrate deliverance from the plague in 1681.
The banks of the Grand Canal are lined with more than 170 buildings, most of which date from the 13th to the 18th century. The Grand Canal is 3.8 km long, and 30 to 90 m wide, with an average depth of five meters (16.5 ft).
The Porta Magna at the Venetian Arsenal (1460). The Arsenal produced the majority of Venice's maritime trading vessels, which generated much of the city's economic wealth and power, lasting until the fall of the republic to Napoleon's conquest of the area in 1797.
Burano is situated 7 kilometres (4 miles) from Venice, a 40-minute trip from St. Mark's Square by a Venetian water bus, vaporetto. The colours of the houses follow a specific system originating from the golden age of its development; if someone wishes to paint their home, one must send a request to the government, who will respond by making notice of the certain colours permitted for that lot.
Castelvecchio in Verona, 1354. The fortified bridge was intended to allow the seigniors to escape safely northwards to the Tyrol in the event of a rebellion or a coup d’état.
Scaliger castle built in 1277 on Lake Garda, the largest lake in Italy (51 kms by 16 kms wide and with an average depth of 136m).
Romanino's frescoes in the Loggia del Cortile dei Leoni, Castello dei Buonconsiglio, (built in 13th century) in Trento.
The Church of St. Johann in Ranui, 1744
Alpe di Siusi, the largest mountain plateau in Europe
Lago di Braies, average depth 17m, max depth 36 m. Shore length 3 km.
Santa Maria della Salute is built on a platform made of 1,000,000 wooden piles to celebrate deliverance from the plague in 1681.
The banks of the Grand Canal are lined with more than 170 buildings, most of which date from the 13th to the 18th century. The Grand Canal is 3.8 km long, and 30 to 90 m wide, with an average depth of five meters (16.5 ft).
The Porta Magna at the Venetian Arsenal (1460). The Arsenal produced the majority of Venice's maritime trading vessels, which generated much of the city's economic wealth and power, lasting until the fall of the republic to Napoleon's conquest of the area in 1797.
Burano is situated 7 kilometres (4 miles) from Venice, a 40-minute trip from St. Mark's Square by a Venetian water bus, vaporetto. The colours of the houses follow a specific system originating from the golden age of its development; if someone wishes to paint their home, one must send a request to the government, who will respond by making notice of the certain colours permitted for that lot.
Castelvecchio in Verona, 1354. The fortified bridge was intended to allow the seigniors to escape safely northwards to the Tyrol in the event of a rebellion or a coup d’état.
Scaliger castle built in 1277 on Lake Garda, the largest lake in Italy (51 kms by 16 kms wide and with an average depth of 136m).
Romanino's frescoes in the Loggia del Cortile dei Leoni, Castello dei Buonconsiglio, (built in 13th century) in Trento.
The Church of St. Johann in Ranui, 1744
Alpe di Siusi, the largest mountain plateau in Europe
Lago di Braies, average depth 17m, max depth 36 m. Shore length 3 km.