Facts about Italy: Venice - Italy

Venice Italy – Quick Presentation
Venice is to the Northwest in Italy. It is also the capital of Veneto and has over 250,000 residents as of 2004. Not only is it a breathtaking city, there is no place you can go and not find romantic gondolas floating to and fro in the water that makes this the “City of Water”. It reaches across 118 tiny islands next to the Adriatic Sea in the northeastern part of Italy. It was built on what is commonly referred to as an Archipelago
Venice Canals

With so much water, it is no wonder that Venice is best known for its canals. Having the smaller islands makes hundreds of canals in the shallows of this lagoon. To keep everything connected, there are over 400 bridges. The canals are the roads of this city. Either you walk to where you need to go or you ride on the water.
View of Venice from St. Mark's Campanile

This is also true of transportation of goods to and from their destination. There is a railway line and an automobile passage but not directly in the city itself. It is the one place in Europe that can be considered to be free of cars and the most environmentally friendly town.
Gondoliers in Venice, Italy