Venice

Venice (Italian: Venezia), the "city of canals", is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, {{coor dm|45|26|N|12|19|E|}}, 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 numerous small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers.

External links

Resources in Venice

• Official Site of the City of Venice
• Pictures along the Grand Canal
• Venice, Italy in Virtual Reality Virtual travel in the city of Renaissance.
• Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area
• Teatro La Fenice
• La Biennale
• Marciana Library
• Casinò Municipale
• Musei Civici Veneziani
• Museo Guggenheim
• Palazzo Grassi
• History of Santa Marie della Salute
• Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation
• Cini Foundation
• Querini Stampalia Foundation

Galleries, Bloggers, Visitors, Directories

• Architecture in Venice: palaces
• Photos of Venice
• Veniceblog
• SlowTrav Venice index page
• A virtual tour of Venice, Europe's largest carfree city
• A digest of tourism information for Venice, and many pictures
• Pictures of Venice
• 134 photos of Venice, Murano, and Burano (ceded to the public domain by the copyright holder)
• Novels set in Venice listed and reviewed
• Mondophoto.net - more than 300 public domain photos of Venice

Webcams

• Venice Webcams
• Venice Webcams
• A real-time webcam (Canal Grande from Palazzo Balbi toward Rialto)
• More real-time webcams