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The most extreme are the spring tides known as the acqua alta (Italian for "high water"), which regularly flood much of Venice. The nearby Marano-Grado Lagoon, with a surface area of around 160 square kilometres (62 square miles), is the northernmost lagoon in the Adriatic Sea and is sometimes called the "twin sister of the Venice lagoon".
Venice Avenue The Venice Jetty A sample of shells from Venice beach. Venice has been listed in several publications as being the "Shark's Tooth Capital of the World". [31] It hosts the Shark's Tooth Festival every year to celebrate the abundance of fossilized shark's teeth that can be found on its coastal shores.
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.
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This ceremony is recreated annually with the Mayor of Venice taking on the traditional role, which was historically executed by the Doge, by throwing a ring into the lagoon to symbolize Venice's marriage to the sea. The ceremony is preceded by a parade of boats and afterwards the festival contains a boat race that starts the local racing season ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Venetian Waterway Park is a 9.3-mile (15.0 km) concrete trail in Sarasota County, Florida located in Venice.It was a public–private partnership between Venice Area Beautification Inc. (VABI), Sarasota County, and the city of Venice. [1]