Venetia

Venetia is a name used mostly in a historical context for the area of north-eastern Italy formerly under the control of the Republic of Venice and corresponding approximately to the present-day Italian administrative regions of the Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Under Austrian rule from 1797 to 1866, the territory was combined with its western neighbour in the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia during the years 1815 - 1859.

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Venetia is also a name used for a place in the State of Pennsylvania in the United States of America: see Venetia, Pennsylvania.

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Venetia is also the title of a novel written by Benjamin Disraeli in 1837. See Venetia (novel).

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Italy: Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries...

Republic of Venice: The Most Serene Republic of Venice was a Venetian city-state in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. It existed from the 9th century until the 18th century (1797). It is often referred to as the Serenissima, which is Latin for its title, "Most Serene."...

Veneto: Veneto is a region in northeastern Italy, bordering on Lombardy, Trentino-South Tyrol, Austria, Friuli Venezia Giulia, and Emilia-Romagna, between the Alps and the Adriatic Sea. It is traversed by the Po, Adige, Brenta and Piave rivers....

Venetia related Images and Photos (experimental)

Portrait of a Girl Probably Venetia Stanley (1600-1633) Later Lady Digby

African Wild Dog Lycaon Pictus Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve South Africa Africa

Acrobat and Actor Russ Tamblyn on the Beach with Movie Actress Venetia Stevenson