Venice
LIKE New York, Venice is a city built on islands. It’s located in northeast Italy and is the capital of the Veneto region. Venice has been a major Italian port for centuries and remains so to this day.
In 1987 the city, including its lagoon, was declared a Unesco World Heritage site. Let’s find out why this remarkable place has been a top tourist destination for hundreds of years and has often been called the world’s most beautiful city.
LONG HISTORY
The city’s name comes from the
, who settled in the area in the . As the began to in the third and fourth centuries AD, an increasing number of began to , eventually threatening the centre of the empire, .
