Venice

The history

A hundred-odd islands in a lagoon, built on driven timber piles — a republic that ran the eastern Mediterranean for a thousand years and still has no roads at all.

In brief

Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the region of Veneto. It is built on a group of 126 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 472 bridges.

Then & now

My photos

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Where it is