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	Venice
		Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia), nicknamed the "city of canals", is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice in Italy.
		In the 12th century the essentials for the power of Venice were laid: the Venetian Arsenal was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the Brenner pass from Verona in 1178, opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.
		It was realised that extraction of the aquifer was the cause.
	articles.gourt.com /en/Venice (3732 words)

	Venice (Italy) - MSN Encarta
		Venice (Italy) (Italian Venezia), city and seaport in northeastern Italy, in Veneto Region, capital of Venice Province.
		Venice is situated on more than 100 islands formed by about 150 canals in the lagoon between the mouths of the Po and Piave rivers, at the northern extremity of the Adriatic Sea.
		In its vicinity is the greatest monument in Venice, the 15th-century equestrian statue of the Venetian general Bartolomeo Colleoni, the work of the Florentine artist Andrea del Verrocchio.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761562189/Venice_(Italy).html (1505 words)

	Venice, the Bride Of the Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Venice, also known as the “Queen of the Adriatic” is built on 118 islets within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice, an arm of the Adriatic Sea.
		Venice, the ‘city of canals’, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice.
		Venice was sinking an average of 1/5th of an inch yearly until the middle 1970s, when the government restricted use of water from the city's underground wells.
	www.worldwidevacation.org /venice.html (239 words)

	Venice (Italy) - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Venice is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
		The growth of a wealthy aristocracy gave rise to an attempt by the nobles to acquire political dominance, and, although nominally a republic, Venice became a rigid oligarchy by the end of the 13th century.
		Wars of conquest enabled Venice to acquire neighboring territories, and by the late 15th century, the city-state was the leading maritime power in the Christian world.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761562189__1/Venice_(Italy).html (1553 words)

	Venice - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		After defeating (1380) its rival Genoa in the War of Chioggia, Venice was indisputably the leading European sea power; its sea consciousness was expressed in the symbolic marriage ceremony of the doges with the Adriatic, celebrated with great pomp on the huge gilded gondola, the Bucentaur.
		The decline of Venice can be dated from the fall (1453) of Constantinople to the Turks, which greatly reduced trade with the Levant, or from the discovery of America and of the Cape of Good Hope route to Asia, which transferred commercial power to Spain and other nations to the west of Italy.
		In the Italian Wars, it challenged both the emperor and the pope; the League of Cambrai, formed (1508) by Pope Julius II to humble Venice, merely resulted in a few minor losses of the city's territory; the naval victory of Lepanto (1571) gave Venice renewed standing by undoing Turkish sea power.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-venice.html (1420 words)

	Venice Italy Photo travel
		Venice - the canals city, is Veneto region capital in province of Venice, Italy.
		Venice with population of 310,000 and 134 square kilometers area is situated four kilometers the mainland, on 115 islands of the Venetian Lagoon - and is criss-crossed by more than 150 canals and 400 bridges - take a look at Venice Italy photo album.
		Venice is being flooded or Acqua alta phenomena occurs in this Italian city when certain events like following coincide: very high tide (usually during a full or new moon), low atmospheric pressure, blow of a shcirocco wind up to the narrow, shallow Adriatic Sea (it forces water into the Venetian Lagoon).
	www.travel.tatariunas.com /c_venice_italy.html (263 words)

	Venice Art On Stamps
		Province Venice is situated on 120 islands formed by 177 canals in the lagoon between the mouths of the Po and Piave rivers, at the northern extremity of the Adriatic Sea.
		Because of its historic role as a naval power and commercial center, the city is known as the "Queen of the Adriatic".
		He was born in Venice on October 28, 1697, and died there on April 19, 1768.
	www.artonstamps.org /veniceon.htm (401 words)

	Venice workshop on practical implications of international conventions on wetland management
		Venice workshop on practical implications of international conventions on wetland management
		Their presentations and other workshop documents can be found on the Province's website at: http://wetlands.provincia.venezia.it, and a version of the workshop conclusions is attached here.
		Views from the XIth century clock tower on Torcello island in the northern part of the Venice Lagoon with its small-scale vegetable gardens and medieval monastery, an important tourist attraction.
	www.ramsar.org /mtg/mtg_venice_2005.htm (444 words)

	Chemical & Engineering News: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY - SAFEGUARDING VENICE
		Venice is the capital of the Veneto Region in northern Italy and of Venezia Province, one of the region's seven provinces.
		The Venice Water Authority (Magistrato alle Acque), which was founded in 1501, has responsibility under the Italian Ministry of Public Works for ensuring the survival of Venice, its lagoon, and the living species that inhabit it, and for protecting the lagoon from both natural and anthropogenic events.
		The New Venice Consortium identifies three crisis factors that endanger Venice and the lagoon: morphological deterioration, urban fragility, and environmental deterioration and pollution of the water.
	pubs.acs.org /cen/coverstory/7835/7835sci1.html (5667 words)

	Venice: duels over troubled waters
		The traveller to Venice should arrive at the end of a summer’s afternoon to see the sun turn into a huge red disk and swell until it casts the lagoon’s furthest islands in a fiery glow before sinking into the sea.
		In streets that are empty at last, the inhabitants of the world’s most beautiful city open their doors, letting the few lingering visitors catch a glimpse of a time-worn, history-laden monumental staircase, or a hidden, tree-shaded garden where Giacomo Casanova may have awaited one of his mistresses two and a half centuries ago.
		Venice is the city of “perhaps,” as unstable as the lagoon’s ecological balance.
	www.unesco.org /courier/2000_09/uk/planet.htm (2603 words)

	Province of Venice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Venice (Italian: Provincia di Venezia) is a province in the Veneto region of northern Italy.
		There are 44 comuni (singular: comune) in the province [1].
		Map of Veneto showing the location of the province of Venice.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Province_of_Venice (133 words)

	Venice Accommodations - Homes, Villas and Apartment Vacation Rentals in Veneto and Italy
		Venice is the regional capital and a fascinating city to travel to.
		Venice Travel Guide - away.com - Lord Byron called Venice (Venezia) "a fairy city of the heart." La Serenissima, "The Most Serene," is an improbable cityscape of stone palaces that seem to float on water, a place where cats nap in Oriental marble windowsills set in colorful plaster walls.
		Venice is a place where locals stop at the bacaro (wine bar) to take un ombra (literally "a little bit of shade"; in practice, a glass of wine) and munch on cicchetti (tapaslike snacks) or linger over exquisite restaurant seafood dinners.
	www.ownerdirect.com /accommodations/venice.htm (605 words)

	VENICE
		Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia) 45°26′N 12°19′E, the "city of canals", is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice in Italy.
		The Venetian Republic was a major sea power and a staging area for the Crusades, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially the spice trade) and art in the Renaissance.
		According to legend Venice was founded in 421 by Roman refugees fleeing from the Goths.
	www.solarnavigator.net /geography/venice.htm (482 words)

	Venice
		Venice is the capital of the region of Veneto and the province of Venice.
		A makeshift pontoon bridge is built from Venice to the church of II Redentore on Giudecca Island.
		Monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni (Condottiero of the Republic of Venice).
	www.nsa.naples.navy.mil /gaetamwr/venice.htm (5163 words)

	Venice, Italy
		It serves as the capital of the province of Venice (Venezia) and the Veneto region.
		The historic center of Venice is built on a group of islets and mudbanks in the middle of Laguna Veneta, a crescent-shaped lagoon separated from the Adriatic Sea by a barrier of narrow islands and peninsulas.
		Venice is separated from the sea by natural and artificial breakwaters, but flooding is common from November through March of each year.
	www.occultopedia.com /v/venice.htm (4260 words)

	Hotels, B&B, Farm Holiday, Apartments in venice Italy
		The name is from a roman family which settled down in Venice in 1868 and gave famous humanists, ambassadors and patriarchs to the Serenissima.
		The hotel building is an example of Venice's minor architecture, but preserves the fascination of the ancient city.
		The Barbaro family came to Venice from Rome in 868, and members of the family fought in battle as Venetian army commanders or served as diplomats engaged in complic...
	www.bbplanet.it /st_en.asp?provincia=VENICE (471 words)

	Reprint this article - European Cities - Top Five To Visit
		The "city of canals", is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, in Northern Italy.
		Venice has a very rich history and in previous centuries the Venetian Republic was a major sea power and a staging area for the Crusades, as well as a very important centre of commerce and art during the Renaissance.
		Venice The "city of canals", is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, in Northern Italy.
	www.isnare.com /html.php?id=25992 (1236 words)

	Bed and Breakfast Venice - Venice inns and guest houses
		Villa Emy is a large and charming XVIII century house in Venice hinterland, totally renovated and equipped with modern and period furniture.
		Venice Penthouse is not a B&B. VP is a nice holiday flat, equipped with all the facilities (Kitchen with Dishware and Dishwasher, Washing Machine, Ai...
		The Bed and Breakfast is in Venice, at Fondamente Nuove, a central area easily reachable from the railway station with the urban navigation line nÂ° 42...
	www.bed-and-breakfast-in-italy.com /bed_and_breakfast_venice.cfm (2342 words)

	Venice, Italy, free pictures
		Venice is a tourist, commercial, and industrial center and capital of Venetia and of Venice province.
		The city is built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice.
		Venice is connected with the mainland, 2.5 mi (4 km) away, by a rail and highway bridge.
	www.bigfoto.com /europe/italy/venice/index.htm (199 words)

	Byzantium and Venice - Cambridge University Press
		Venice in Byzantium: the Empire of Romania; 10.
		Byzantium in thrall to the Turks and in debt to Venice; 19.
		The worst news for all of Christendom: Venice and the fall of Constantinople; 22.
	www.cambridge.org /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521341574 (188 words)

	Venice Diocese
		The document, “Policy and Procedural Guidelines for the Diocese of Venice in Florida Relating to the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults,” was revised to comply with the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People,” written by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops last year.
		The Venice Diocese had a comprehensive policy in place since 1994 for the handling of allegations of sexual misconduct by diocesan personal.
		With the release of the charter by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and its approval by the Vatican, however, dioceses were required to update their policies to bring them in line with that document.
	www.dioceseofvenice.org /news/newspar.cfm?ArticleID=783 (827 words)

	venice vacations
		Venice vacations allow visitors to discover the historical-artistic beauties of the lagoon city and the surrounding areas.
		Venice and Country offers a valuable service to visitors from all over the world, by putting them in touch with the Venetian offers for exciting vacations near the people and places as they really are.
		It is possible to search for lodgings and accommodations for Venice vacations, the province of Venice and even through the four distinct areas as specified in the form: Bed and Breakfast accommodations, villas, apartments, agriturismo (farm-tourism), inns, hotel residences and suites.
	www.veniceandcountry.com /venice-vacations.htm (344 words)

	Ramsar meets Venice
		Since 1998, the Province of Venice has included in its strategic plan the designation of the entire Lagoon of Venice (about 50,000 ha) as a Wetland of International Importance.
		It was an important milestone towards the goal of conferring Ramsar status to the Venice Lagoon.
		Venice Lagoon has been used by humans for aeons for living, commercial fishing, hunting, transport and protection from enemy empires.
	ramsar.org /mtg/mtg_venice_2003.htm (869 words)

	Venice Province Hotels : Italy - BootsnAll Cheap Hotels
		Situated in the immediate inner land, Noventa Hotel is only 15 kilometres from the Marco Polo Airport in Venice.An excellent hotel, it has 82 rooms including 8 junior suites and 2 family rooms, which are perfectly furnished with care and completely soundproof.
		Located just 20 minutes from Venice, Villa Margherita hotel is situated on a scenic bend of the Brenta River, which reflects the most beautiful Palladian villas.
		The Riviera dei Dogi Hotel is situated in Mira-Venice on the route between the nearby towns of Venice and Padua.
	www.bootsnall.com /hotels/cy/5358/Venice-Province-Hotels (1183 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Chioggia
		Chioggia is a sea-coast city in the province of Venice.
		It was ruined and subjugated by the Genoese during their war with the Venetians, but was freed by the Venetian general Zeno (1378-81), and soon flourished under the rule of Venice.
		Diocese of Chioggia is a suffragan of Venice; it has 93,500 inhabitants, 31 parishes, 2 religious houses for men and 11 for women.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03689a.htm (235 words)

	In Italy Online - Venice Itineraries
		eaching Noale is nearly effortless, since the town is served by numerous roads, thanks to its ideal location at the center of the province of Venice, on route 515 linking the cities of Padua and Treviso.
		Its decline coincided with the fall of the Republic: under Napoleon it belonged to the Kingdom of Italy and, in the period of Austrian rule, to the Lombard-Veneto kingdom.
		The original lie of the land is still intact, characterized by long, straight roads intersecting each other and surrounded by peaceful countryside that typifies the Veneto as a whole and especially the neighboring provinces of Padua and Treviso.
	www.initaly.com /regions/veneto/noale.htm (2499 words)

	Province of Venice - Definition, explanation
		Provincia di Venezia) is a province in the Veneto region of Italy.
		It has an area of 2,462 sq km, and a total population of 809,586 (2001).
		There are 44 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics Istat, see this link).
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/p/pr/province_of_venice.php (81 words)

	Venice: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		represented the enterprising spirit of Venice in the 13th and 14th cent.
		, gave Venice its present aspect of a city of churches and palaces, floating on water, blazing with color and light, and filled with art treasures.
		still made Venice the most original artistic city of 18th-century Italy, they represented to some extent the decadence that accompanied the city's commercial and military decline.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0861775.html (838 words)

	Hotels in Venice, Italy
		The exclusive Luna Baglioni Hotel is situated in the heart of Venice, just a few yards from Piazza San Marco and a stone's throw from the city's most important monuments, museums and prestigious boutiques.
		The San Clemente Palace is a Venice luxury grand hotel for elite tourism on the private island of San Clemente, in front of Piazza San Marco, La Giudecca and the Lido, dating back to 1131, the year in which the church was built.
		The restoration of the buildings, accomplished with the utmost respect for the island's historical and artistic treasures and natural beauties, has made it possible to preserve all the historical flavour and to achieve a truly luxurious hotel for international guests who expect the most in terms of privacy and discretion.
	www.hotelsonline.net /Italy/Venice (774 words)

	Venice, Italy - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		(Italian Venezia), city and seaport in northeastern Italy, in Veneto Region, capital of Venice Province.
		Venice is situated on 120 islands formed by 177 canals in the lagoon between the mouths of the Po and Piave rivers, at the northern extremity of the Adriatic Sea.
		Venice is famous for its blown glass ware
	www.galenfrysinger.com /venice_italy.htm (805 words)

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