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The Republic of Venice was active in the production and trading of salt, salted products, and other products along trade routes established by the salt trade. Venice produced its own salt at Chioggia by the seventh century for trade, but eventually moved on to buying and establishing salt production throughout the Eastern Mediterranean ...
In the 21st century, Venice remains a very popular tourist destination, a major cultural centre, and has often been ranked one of the most beautiful cities in the world. [15] [16] It has been described by The Times as one of Europe's most romantic cities [17] and by The New York Times as "undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man". [18]
The Republic of Venice in AD 1000. The republican territory is dark red, the borders in light red. The Republic of Venice (Venetian: Repùbrega Vèneta; Italian: Repubblica di Venezia) was a sovereign state and maritime republic in Northeast Italy, which existed for a millennium between the 8th century and 1797.
The Colosseum in Rome, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world The city of Venice, ranked many times as the most beautiful city in the world [1] [2] The Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence by Filippo Brunelleschi, which has the largest brick dome in the world, [3] [4] and is considered a masterpiece of world architecture The Sassi di Matera have been described by Fodor ...
Compared to the Renaissance architecture of other Italian cities, in Venice there was a degree of conservatism, especially in retaining the overall form of buildings, which in the city were usually replacements on a confined site, and in windows, where arched or round tops, sometimes with a classicized version of the tracery of Venetian Gothic architecture, remained far more heavily used than ...
The Venice Biennale was first held in 1895 and takes place every other year, with each country having their own pavilion (the Vatican is the world’s smallest sovereign territory).
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 Republic of Venice, [a] officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenìssima, [b] was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice. Founded, according to tradition, in 697 by Paolo Lucio Anafesto , over the course of its 1,100 years of history it established itself as one of the ...