Lido

Venice's Lido is an 11-mile long sandbar, home to about 20,000 residents, greatly augmented by the (mainly Italian) tourists who move in every summer. The island's casino has recently closed down - it used to be used in the summer months, moving to a palazzo in Venice for the winter. The Venice film festival takes place here every September.

Venice: Venice (Italian: Venezia), the "city of canals", is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, , population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). The city is included, with Padua (Padova), in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area, population 1,600,000. The city stretches across ...

Island: An island or isle is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock that is completely surrounded by water. Very small islands are called islets. Although seldom adhered to, it is also proper to call an emergent land feature on an atoll an islet, since an atoll is a type of islan...

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Lido related Images and Photos (experimental)

Lido Pyjamas 1930	"Lido Chorus Girl " Saturday Evening Post Cover March 7 1964	Grass on the Beach Lido Beach Lido Key Sarasota Florida USA	Lively Scene at the Lido at Rhos-On-Sea North Wales
Departure of the Bucentaur Towards the Venice Lido on Ascension Day Detail of the Boat 1766-70