Venice is a famous tourist and industrial city in northeast Italy, and also the capital of Veneto. Venice used to be the center of the Republic of Venice, known as the 'Pearl of the Adriatic Sea'. The Crusaders also gathered here during the Crusade, which is one of the most romantic cities in the world. Venice city covers 118 man-made islands of Venice Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy and an artificial peninsula nearby, with 117 waterways crisscross. This saltwater lagoon is distributed along the coastline between the Po and piaway rivers.
Venice Tourism
Classic route: St. Mark's Square - and St. Mark's Cathedral - Golden Palace - governor's Palace - famous' sighing bridge '
San Marco Square, also known as Venice central square, is surrounded by exquisite Renaissance buildings. Napoleon described the square as' the most beautiful living room in Europe '.
St. Mark's Cathedral is the pride of Venice. It is one of the most famous cathedrals in the Christian world and the starting point of the Fourth Crusade. Also known as the 'golden Cathedral'.
The golden palace is the most outstanding Gothic building in Venice. It was built in 1440. The glittering buildings were once known as the 'Golden Palace'. Become an art gallery. The main facade is facing the Grand Canal, and the style is colorful Venetian Gothic.
The governor's house is also known as the Duke's house of Venice. Built in the 9th century, it belongs to the Roman style architecture in the middle ages of Europe. Due to the close cultural and trade exchanges between Venice and Islamic countries in the eastern Mediterranean at that time, a large number of Arabs settled in Venice.
Sighing bridge, built in 1603, is named after the sighing of prisoners on the bridge. The two ends of sighing bridge connect the governor's palace of the Republic of Venice (dukale Palace) and Venice prison, which is the only way for the ancient court to escort the prisoners to prison. The sighing bridge is a sealed arch bridge, which can only pass through the small windows of the bridge from the inside to the outside.