December 31st, 2007Venice Italy Photos
Venice Italy Photo Gallery with Graffiti (unfortunately)
Xarj’s Europe Trip 2007
Read about my Trip to Venice –> Road Trip in Europe
About Venice in Italy ::
Venice (Venezia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251. Venice has been known as the “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Water”, “City of Bridges”, and “The City of Light”.
The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.
Venice is world-famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 118 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot.
Venezia, La Serenissima, Queen of the Adriatic, city of canals and palaces…or tawdry sewer alive with crowds and charlatans? Venice’s nature is dual: water and land, long history and doubtful future, airy delicacy and dim melancholy. If this precious place does sink, the world will be the poorer.
For a thousand years the city was one of the most enduring mercantile sea powers on the face of the earth. Today the brilliance and influence have long since faded, leaving a town of tarnished glories, out of time and out of place, so achingly beautiful it’s hard not to look for the back of the set.
Venice Links :: Venetia :: Venice Travel Guide :: Lonely Planet Venezia
Venetia Photo Galleries ::
Travel Photo Guide for Venice Italy
Pictures of Venetia, City of Canals :: Italian Beauty
Graffiti in Venice Italy :: I was sad to see way too much Graffiti in the beautiful city of Venitia. WHY !!!
Picture Gallery of nasty Grafiti’s in Charming Venice. Shame on you people!
