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Venice (/ ˈ v ɛ n ɪ s / VEN-iss; Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ⓘ; Venetian: Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.It is built on a group of 127 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 472 bridges. [3]
Rome: the ethernal city Florence: cradle of Renaissance Venice: the Most Serene Milan: the Fashion capital Naples: city of Parthenope Bologna: the learned. the fat, and the red Pisa: the glorious. Agrigento: la città dei templi (The city of temples) [2] Alatri: la Città dei Ciclopi (the City of Cyclopes) [3] Anagni: la città dei papi (The ...
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In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Milan, Venice, and Florence were able to conquer other city-states, creating regional states. The 1454 Peace of Lodi ended their struggle for hegemony in Italy, attaining a balance of power (see Italian Renaissance). [11]
Venice presented a powerful line-up on Tuesday for its forthcoming film festival, defying fears its 80th edition would be a washout because of strikes by Hollywood actors and writers. Although ...
The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was bestowed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri", [2] [3] from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.