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The Veneto has been for centuries an independent state, known as the Venetian Republic, and the region was annexed to Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule. Its capital was, and still is Venice, which for a period ran one of the vastest and richest maritime republics and trade empires.
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DISCOVER VENETO: Asolo, Bassano del Grappa, Belluno, Chioggia, Este, Feltre, Marostica, Montagnana, Padua, Schio, Venice, Verona, Vicenza,
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DESTINATION VENICEVenice 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 ... |
| DISCOVER VENICE: Bovolo Staircase, Burano, Bridge of Sighs, Ca' d'Oro, Ca' Rezzonico, The Doge's Palace, Gondolas of Venice, Grand Canal, Horses of St. Mark's, Murano, Rialto Bridge, St. Mark's Basilica, St. Mark's Campanile, St. Mark's Square, San Giorgio Maggiore, Santa Maria Formosa, ... see all |
DISCOVER ASOLOAsolo was originally a settlement of the Veneti, and was mentioned as Acelum in the works of Pliny. In the early Middle Ages it was under the jurisdiction of the Bishops of Treviso and a possession of the Ezzelino family. Later Asolo was the capital, and seat of the court, of the fiefdom of Asolo ... |
DISCOVER BASSANO DEL GRAPPABassano del Grappa was founded in the 2nd century BCE by a Roman called Bassianus, whence the name, as an agricultural estate. The first news of the existence of the medieval city dates from 998, while the Castle is mentioned first in 1150. In 1175 Bassano was conquered by Vicenza ... |
DISCOVER BELLUNOThe ancient city of Belluno rises above a cliff spur near the confluence of the Torrente Ardo and the Piave River. To the north is the imposing Schiara range of the Dolomites, with the famous Gusela del Vescovā (Bishopric's needle), and Mounts Serva and Talvena rising above the city ... |
DISCOVER CHIOGGIAChioggia is situated on a small island at the southern entrance to the Lagoon of Venice about 25 km south of Venice (50 km by road); causeways connect it to the mainland and to its frazione of Sottomarina. Chioggia and Sottomarina were not prominent in Antiquity, although they are first mentioned by Pliny ... |
DISCOVER ESTEUnder the Republic of Venice, Este went through a period of economic growth, interrupted only by the plague of 1630. After the fall of the Republic and the Napoleonic Wars, the town, with the whole Veneto region, became part of the Austrian Empire, until it was annexed by the Kingdom of Italy ... |
DISCOVER FELTREFeltre is a town and comune of the province of Belluno in Veneto, northern Italy. A hill town in the southern reaches of the province, it is located on the Stizzon River, about 4 km from its junction with the Piave, and 20 km southwest from Belluno. The Dolomites loom to the north of the town ... |
DISCOVER MAROSTICAMarostica, or Marostega, is famous all over the world for the human chess game it carries out every other year, with personages living in the city public square. Starting in the second week of September, it is a theatrical play dating back to in 1923and officially registered after second world war by comedy player Vucetich ... |
DISCOVER MONTAGNANAMontagnana is a town and comune in the province of Padova, in Veneto (northern Italy). It is bounded by other communes of Saletto, Megliadino San Fidenzio, Casale di Scodosia, Urbana, Bevilacqua, Pojana Maggiore and Noventa Vicentina ... |
DISCOVER PADUAPadua is picturesque, with a dense network of arcaded streets opening into large communal piazze, and many bridges crossing the various branches of the Bacchiglione, which once surrounded the ancient walls like a moat. Padua is the setting for most of the action in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew ... |
DISCOVER SCHIOSchio is now an industrial town thanks to Alessandro Rossi, who founded the biggest Italian wool firm (Lanerossi) in the 19th century. Rossi also arranged the building of houses, nurseries, schools, theatres and gardens for his workers. The most important textile factories in Schio were Lanerossi, Conte and Cazzola ... |
DISCOVER VERONAVerona has been awarded world heritage site status by UNESCO because of its urban structure and architecture: Verona is a splendid example of city that developed progressively and seamlessly in a two thousand year span, binding artistic elements of very high quality from the various historical periods ... |
DISCOVER VICENZAVicenza is a thriving and cosmopolitan city, with a rich history and culture, and many museums, art galleries, piazzas, villas, churches and elegant Renaissance palazzi. With the Palladian Villas of the Veneto in the surrounding area, and his architectures like the renowned Teatro Olimpico (Olympic Theatre) ... |
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