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  2. Venetian Lagoon - Wikipedia

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    The Venetian Lagoon The island of Torcello seen from the Lagoon at low tide. The Venetian Lagoon stretches from the River Sile in the north to the Brenta in the south, with a surface area of around 550 square kilometres (212 square miles). It is around 8% land, including Venice itself and many smaller islands.

  3. Venice Lido - Wikipedia

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    The Lido, or Venice Lido (Italian: Lido di Venezia), is an 11-kilometre-long (7-mile) barrier island in the Venetian Lagoon, Northern Italy; it is home to about 20,400 residents. The Venice Film Festival takes place at the Lido in late August/early September. [1] Lido Island seen from the campanile of the Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore.

  4. A secret island has emerged in Europe’s sinking city - AOL

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    Yet in 2020, Venice introduced Mose, a flood barrier system placed at various inlets of the Venice lagoon, helping the city and its islands from high tides and mass flooding that the area has ...

  5. Poveglia - Wikipedia

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    Poveglia (/ p oʊ ˈ v ɛ l i ə / poh-VEL-ee-ə; Italian: [poˈveʎʎa]) is a small island located between Venice and Lido in the Venetian Lagoon, of northern Italy. A small canal divides the island into two separate parts. The island first appears in the historical record in 421, and was populated until the residents fled warfare in 1379.

  6. Sottomarina - Wikipedia

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    Today Sottomarina is primarily a busy seaside resort, thanks to its proximity to Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Verona and Rovigo. The first beach resorts, together with an over 2 km long promenade, were built in 1900-1903. [4] The sandy beach is 5 1/2 km long and reaches a width of 300 metres in some places. [1]

  7. Torcello - Wikipedia

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    Torcello (Latin: Torcellum; Venetian: Torceło) is a sparsely populated [1] island at the northern end of the Venetian Lagoon, in north-eastern Italy.It was first settled in 452 AD [2] and has been referred to as the parent island from which Venice was populated.

  8. Venice and its lagoon again escape inclusion on UNESCO list ...

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    The storied Italian lagoon city of Venice escaped inclusion on UNESCO 's list of world heritage in danger during a meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Saudia Arabia on Thursday, as member ...

  9. Sant'Erasmo - Wikipedia

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    The island was a port attached to Murano in the 8th century, but is now known for market gardening. Ruined fortifications, including the so-called Torre Massimiliana (Tower of Maximilian), ring the isle. Forts existed in the island as early as the 16th century. After the fall of the Republic of Venice, the French built here a stronghold in 1811 ...

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