Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital of the region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area (population 1,600,000). Venice has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Bridges", and "The City of Light". It is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Venice seems as if it was designed for lovers. Just imagine being with your honey on a romantic gondola ride enjoying the spectacular city built on water. Venice is considered to be one of the most important art cities of the world which makes this destination extremely unique. The world famous Murano glass is created here along with some stunning hand painted masques used for Carnevale. Take a walk in Piazza San Marco and take a moment to feed the human-friendly pigeons and to admire the elegant lighting, and classical quartettes playing throughout the square with the sea only feet away
Transportation
Venice is world-famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 118 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. In the 19th century a causeway to the mainland brought a railway station to Venice, and an automobile causeway and parking lot was added in the 20th century. Beyond these land entrances at the northern edge of the city, transportation within the city remains, as it was in centuries past, entirely on water or on foot. Venice is Europe's largest urban car free area, unique in Europe in remaining a sizable functioning city in the 21st century entirely without motorcars or trucks.
Airports
Venice is served by the newly rebuilt Marco Polo International Airport, or Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo, named in honor of its famous citizen. The airport is on the mainland and was rebuilt away from the coast; however, the water taxis or Alilaguna waterbuses to Venice are only a seven-minute walk from the terminals.
Museums
* Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
* Casa Goldoni a Palazzo Centano
* Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro
* Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna
* Gallerie dell'Accademia
* Galleria di Palazzo Cini
* Museo Correr
* Museo d'Arte Erotica
* Museo d'Arte Orientale
* Museo del Ghetto
* Museo del Merletto di Burano
* Museo del Settecento veneziano (Ca' Rezzonico)
* Museo del Vetro di Murano
* Museo dell'Istituto Ellenico
* Museo della Fondazione Querini Stampalia
* Museo della Scuola Dalmata dei SS. Giorgio e Trifone
* Museo di Storia Naturale
* Museo di Torcello
* Museo Diocesano di Arte sacra
* Museo Ebraico
* Museo Marciano
* Museo parrocchiale San Pietro Martire
* Museo Wagner (Ca' Vendramin Calergi)
* Museo Storico Navale
* Palazzo Fortuny
* Palazzo Ducale
* Palazzo Grassi
* Peggy Guggenheim Collection
* Pinacoteca e Museo di S. Lazzaro degli Armeni
* Pinacoteca Manfrediniana
* Scuola Grande dei Carmini
* Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
* Scuola Grande di San Marco
* Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Demographics
In 2007, there were 268,993 people residing in Venice, of whom 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Minors (children ages 18 and younger) totalled 14.36 percent of the population compared to pensioners who number 25.7 percent.
Festivals
The Venice Art Biennale is one of the most important events in the arts calendar. During 1893 headed by the mayor of Venice, Riccardo Selvatico, the Venetian City Council passed a resolution on April 19 to set up an Esposizione biennale artistica nazionale (biennial exhibition of Italian art), to be inaugurated on April 22, 1894
Venice seems as if it was designed for lovers. Just imagine being with your honey on a romantic gondola ride enjoying the spectacular city built on water. Venice is considered to be one of the most important art cities of the world which makes this destination extremely unique. The world famous Murano glass is created here along with some stunning hand painted masques used for Carnevale. Take a walk in Piazza San Marco and take a moment to feed the human-friendly pigeons and to admire the elegant lighting, and classical quartettes playing throughout the square with the sea only feet away
Transportation
Venice is world-famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 118 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. In the 19th century a causeway to the mainland brought a railway station to Venice, and an automobile causeway and parking lot was added in the 20th century. Beyond these land entrances at the northern edge of the city, transportation within the city remains, as it was in centuries past, entirely on water or on foot. Venice is Europe's largest urban car free area, unique in Europe in remaining a sizable functioning city in the 21st century entirely without motorcars or trucks.
Airports
Venice is served by the newly rebuilt Marco Polo International Airport, or Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo, named in honor of its famous citizen. The airport is on the mainland and was rebuilt away from the coast; however, the water taxis or Alilaguna waterbuses to Venice are only a seven-minute walk from the terminals.
Museums
* Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
* Casa Goldoni a Palazzo Centano
* Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro
* Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna
* Gallerie dell'Accademia
* Galleria di Palazzo Cini
* Museo Correr
* Museo d'Arte Erotica
* Museo d'Arte Orientale
* Museo del Ghetto
* Museo del Merletto di Burano
* Museo del Settecento veneziano (Ca' Rezzonico)
* Museo del Vetro di Murano
* Museo dell'Istituto Ellenico
* Museo della Fondazione Querini Stampalia
* Museo della Scuola Dalmata dei SS. Giorgio e Trifone
* Museo di Storia Naturale
* Museo di Torcello
* Museo Diocesano di Arte sacra
* Museo Ebraico
* Museo Marciano
* Museo parrocchiale San Pietro Martire
* Museo Wagner (Ca' Vendramin Calergi)
* Museo Storico Navale
* Palazzo Fortuny
* Palazzo Ducale
* Palazzo Grassi
* Peggy Guggenheim Collection
* Pinacoteca e Museo di S. Lazzaro degli Armeni
* Pinacoteca Manfrediniana
* Scuola Grande dei Carmini
* Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
* Scuola Grande di San Marco
* Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Demographics
In 2007, there were 268,993 people residing in Venice, of whom 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Minors (children ages 18 and younger) totalled 14.36 percent of the population compared to pensioners who number 25.7 percent.
Festivals
The Venice Art Biennale is one of the most important events in the arts calendar. During 1893 headed by the mayor of Venice, Riccardo Selvatico, the Venetian City Council passed a resolution on April 19 to set up an Esposizione biennale artistica nazionale (biennial exhibition of Italian art), to be inaugurated on April 22, 1894
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