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  2. List of city nicknames in Italy - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Venice (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Venice is a city in Italy. ... "Brazilian Venice", nickname for Recife, Brazil; The Green Venice or Marais Poitevin, a large area of marshland in western France

  4. Venice - Wikipedia

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    Venice is located in northeastern Italy, in the Veneto region. The city is situated on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by 438 bridges. The historic center of Venice is divided into six districts, or sestieri, which are named Cannaregio, Castello, Dorsoduro, San Marco, San Polo, and Santa Croce.

  5. Venice of the North - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of settlements nicknamed Venice of the North. The term Venice of the North refers to various cities in Northern Europe that contain canals, comparing them to Venice, Italy, which is renowned for its canals, such as the Grand Canal. Some of these nicknames, e.g. in the case of Amsterdam, date back centuries, while others ...

  6. What are the origins of some famous city nicknames? - AOL

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    Many city nicknames roll off the tongue like it's second nature. New York City is, of course, "the Big Apple." Paris is the "City of Love." Los Angeles is the "City of Angels." They're a given at this

  7. Visitors to Venice, Italy will have to pay an entrance fee ...

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    City officials in Venice, Italy, have committed to a 30-day experiment in which visitors will be charged a 5 euro entrance fee on peak days. City officials in Venice, Italy, have committed to a 30 ...

  8. List of cities in Italy - Wikipedia

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    Map of Italy and some of its major cities. The following is a list of Italian municipalities with a population over 50,000.The table below contains the cities populations as of 31 December 2021, [1] as estimated by the Italian National Institute of Statistics, [2] and the cities census population from the 2011 Italian Census. [3]

  9. Venice of the East - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of places which have been nicknamed Venice of the East (a reference to the city of Venice, Italy). List. City/Town Country Photo References