Carnival of Venice 2006
The Carnival of Venice is the most important and magnificent of Venetian celebrations, a much appreciated cocktail of tradition, spectacle, history and transgression set in a unique city, a festival that attracts thousands of people each year.
The City Of Canals
Venice, the "city of canals", is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice in Italy. Its population is 271,663. The city is included, with Padua (Padova), in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area, population 1,600,000. The city stretches across numerous small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.
The People Of Venice
The population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia; the historic city of Venice inhabitants are nearly 62,000, while approximately 176,000 people live in Terraferma and 31,000 live in other islands of the lagoon. The Venetian Republic was a major sea power and a staging area for the Crusades, as well as a very important center
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