Venice is a beautiful city with gorgeous views of canals and bridges. It is the capital city of the Veneto region, a region of North-East Italy. Venice City is situated across a group of 118 small islands which are separated by beautiful canals and linked by stunning bridges. The islands are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, which is an enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea, in which the city of Venice is situated. Venice is supposed to be the best city after Paris in terms of wealth, architecture, luxury, taste, sophistication, trade, decoration, style, and design. It is the only city which is built completely on the water, hence there are no roads here. Due to this reason it is also known as "The City of Water". Due to its amazing beauty, It is also referred by many other names like The Floating City, City of Masks, City of Bridges and City of Canals. The lagoon and a part of the city are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Because of no road in Venice, there are no use of cars, only boats are available for traveling. It is the Europe's largest urban car-free area. Venice is mostly renowned for its gondolas. Due to being built on water, Gondolas are the most preferred way of transportation in Venice. Actually, Gondola is the classical Venetian boat, which is long in length but thin by width. Gondolas comfortably take 4 people, with a maximum of 6. There are more than 350 Gondolas available in Venice. Venice is one of the most-visited tourist destinations on the planet. The canals and romantic gondolas are probably the top reason behind 60,000 tourists who visit Venice on a daily basis.
The Venice is also notable for the first woman in the world to receive a academic degree from a university. The name of this woman is Elena Cornaro Piscopia, who was born on 5 June, 1646 in Venice. Venice has a very famous festival called "The Carnival of Venice", which is held annually in the city. The most amazing thing of this festival is that during this festival some special kind of venetian masks are worn. This festival lasts for around two weeks and ends on Shrove Tuesday. There is a huge crowd of tourists during this famous festival of Venice.
There are many parts of Venice that are famous for their settings, their architecture and the beauty of the artwork. Venice has a rich and diverse architectural style, the most prominent of which is the Gothic style. Venetian Gothic architecture is a term given to a Venetian building style. The another architectural style, which is known as Rococo architectural style. The Venetian rococo was well known as rich and luxurious, with usually very extravagant designs.
The annual number of tourists in venice vary from 22 million to 30 million. But according to some studies, It is said that the Venice is sinking now. Due to global warming this beautiful city is sinking continuously. The sea levels are rising up and the situation is going to get a lot worse. It is believed that the city continues sinking at a relatively slow rate of 1-2 mm annually. That's why the some citizens here are now leaving this beautiful and historic city. There are many other factors which are affecting the population of venice. It includes the increase of cost of living, decrease of quality of life and increase of the cost of housing. The population of Venice dropped from 174,808 inhabitants in 1951 to the current 60,000. According to experts, this beautiful city can be saved from sinking, but by 2030 the city will be completely empty due to lack of residents.
Because of no road in Venice, there are no use of cars, only boats are available for traveling. It is the Europe's largest urban car-free area. Venice is mostly renowned for its gondolas. Due to being built on water, Gondolas are the most preferred way of transportation in Venice. Actually, Gondola is the classical Venetian boat, which is long in length but thin by width. Gondolas comfortably take 4 people, with a maximum of 6. There are more than 350 Gondolas available in Venice. Venice is one of the most-visited tourist destinations on the planet. The canals and romantic gondolas are probably the top reason behind 60,000 tourists who visit Venice on a daily basis.
The Venice is also notable for the first woman in the world to receive a academic degree from a university. The name of this woman is Elena Cornaro Piscopia, who was born on 5 June, 1646 in Venice. Venice has a very famous festival called "The Carnival of Venice", which is held annually in the city. The most amazing thing of this festival is that during this festival some special kind of venetian masks are worn. This festival lasts for around two weeks and ends on Shrove Tuesday. There is a huge crowd of tourists during this famous festival of Venice.
There are many parts of Venice that are famous for their settings, their architecture and the beauty of the artwork. Venice has a rich and diverse architectural style, the most prominent of which is the Gothic style. Venetian Gothic architecture is a term given to a Venetian building style. The another architectural style, which is known as Rococo architectural style. The Venetian rococo was well known as rich and luxurious, with usually very extravagant designs.
The annual number of tourists in venice vary from 22 million to 30 million. But according to some studies, It is said that the Venice is sinking now. Due to global warming this beautiful city is sinking continuously. The sea levels are rising up and the situation is going to get a lot worse. It is believed that the city continues sinking at a relatively slow rate of 1-2 mm annually. That's why the some citizens here are now leaving this beautiful and historic city. There are many other factors which are affecting the population of venice. It includes the increase of cost of living, decrease of quality of life and increase of the cost of housing. The population of Venice dropped from 174,808 inhabitants in 1951 to the current 60,000. According to experts, this beautiful city can be saved from sinking, but by 2030 the city will be completely empty due to lack of residents.
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