Venice
Venice is an Italian
city and one of its main ports. In the late Middle Ages it was the largest
seaport in Europe and one of the oldest tourist and cultural centers in the
world.
The city of Venice was
called the Republic of Venice and occupied an unprecedented place in the
Western imagination. It was described in poetry and prose, a luminous city
adorned with the walls of its palaces, with its distinctive domes and towers.
It is today a heritage city that is an integral part of the artistic and architectural
heritage.
Venice has achieved
stability and independence through its prominent political and economic role in
world trade, and although it is an isolated maritime city, it has managed to
maintain a good relationship with the surrounding cities. Since the fifteenth
century, Venice has included a large number of Terraferma, the dry land that
stretches from the Istrian Peninsula to the east, to the Milan border in the
west, Po River in the south, to the Alps to the north, and by the sixteenth
century, Venice began to reclaim the dry land significantly.
Most of the palaces are
located on the canals and are adorned with distinctive drawings that match
their location on the water channels, especially the larger ones. Regular
houses usually rise to three or four floors connected by one another. Exterior
staircases share the outer courtyard, while the red brick with the lights gives
a beautiful feel to the city.
Location of
Venice
Venice is five meters
above sea level and is located on the continent of Europe, specifically in
northeastern Italy, in an area called Veneto, where Venice is located in the
northwestern part of the Adriatic Sea, located to the west of the Balkan
Peninsula and the northern Mediterranean. On the lake of Venice, which is 51
kilometers from the northern Jesolo marshes, and is close to the European
countries, such as Slovakia, Croatia and Austria. Its coordinates are latitude
45.44 and latitude 12.33.
The
population of Venice
The population of Venice
at the end of 2014 was about 264,600 people; it represented 0.443% of the total
population of Italy. If the population growth rate continued as in 2011-2014,
it is expected that the population of Venice at the end of 2017 to 267,836
people Approximately.
Climate of
Venice
The city of Venice
enjoys a relatively mild continental climate throughout the year. Temperatures
fall in the winter and rise in the summer to become warm and pleasant. Due to
the Adriatic Sea, the total rainfall is 750 mm, distributed well between the
seasons, Rainfall is in autumn and spring depending on the influence of the
Atlantic Ocean; the southeast wind helps rain with support from the Adriatic
Sea, and wind blows from Eastern European plains, particularly in winter and
spring. The bad city phenomenon called the phenomenon of high water or aqua
alta occur (in English: Acqua Alta), due to the reason for the strong winds
that hinder the flow of rivers to the sea, in addition to the effect of the
islands and the tide that raises the sea level.
Transportation
in Venice
Venice has many modes of
transport; one can walk on foot and one can use ACTV transport; it has about
195 kinds of water transport, such as steamboats and Batley Furani, which are
used for transport to External areas, ships, or ferries. There is a 24-hour
transport service in Venice and a public transport service called ALILAGUNA. It
has a large navigation network of five lines connecting both Marco Polo Airport
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to navigate the city and explore.
Places of
Interest in Venice
Venice is famous for its
charming corners, streets, small corridors and waterways that attract tourists
from all over the world. It can be said that in every corner of the city the
visitor will see something of interest. The Piazza San Marco and the Grand
Canal are the most important tourist attractions in the city, Top and most
beautiful tourist attractions:
1 - St. Mark's Cathedral is one of
the most famous churches in the city of Venice. It is known throughout the
world. The church is adorned with Byzantine jewelry brought after the fall of
Constantinople, as well as a gold-plated mosaic covering the church's facade
and entrances.
2 - St. Rocco Grand School: Built
from the magnificent white marble between 1515 and 1560, after the completion
of the building painted the great artist Venetian Tintoretto (Tintoretto) large
panel and placed in the building, and was designed to decorate the walls and
ceilings with a large number of paintings Different.
3 - The Museum of Fine Arts: An
academic abbreviation, which contains a comprehensive museum containing many
Venetian paintings dating back to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Among
the most famous paintings in the museum is the painting of St. George painted
by Andrea Mantegna ) And St Jerome, a 16th-century painting. The museum has
important works by other artists, such as the works of Giovanni Battista
Tiepolo.
4 - The island of Terchello: was founded at the
beginning of the 7th century and by the twelfth century it became a thriving
city with palaces, churches, and shipbuilding places. It was also an ancient
commercial city, and it is arguably one of the cities with a Byzantine
character.
5 - Doji Palace: It is one of the most
beautiful buildings in Europe, it was the center of government in the period
when Venice was called the Gothic of Venice, the palace was a wooden fortress
with defensive towers impregnated, and after burning turned into a palace with
a Byzantine character, today is a museum of The most beautiful museums and
major tourist attractions in the city.
6 - Bridge sighs: Located at the end of
the facade of the palace side of the Grand Canal, the visitor can reach him on
foot, and connects the bridge Doji Palace with the first floor of the old
prison of the city.
