A report on Veneto, Adriatic Sea, Italy and Venice

Bay of Kotor, a ria in the Southern Adriatic

Venice, the primary tourist destination and the capital of Veneto

Gjipe Canyon in southern Albania, where the Adriatic Sea meets the Ionian Sea

Expansion of the territory called "Italy" from ancient Greece until Diocletian

The Iron Crown of Lombardy, for centuries a symbol of the Kings of Italy

Venice in autumn, with the Rialto Bridge in the background

Schematic layout of Adriatic Sea currents

Marco Polo, explorer of the 13th century, recorded his 24 years-long travels in the Book of the Marvels of the World, introducing Europeans to Central Asia and China.

Venice view from the Bridge Priuli a Santa Sofia, to the Bridge de le Vele

A submarine spring near Omiš, observed through sea surface rippling

The Italian states before the beginning of the Italian Wars in 1494

As seen from the map, most of the landmass surrounding the Adriatic sea is classified as Cfa, with the southern region (near the Ionian sea) being Csa.

Leonardo da Vinci, the quintessential Renaissance man, in a self-portrait (ca. 1512, Royal Library, Turin)

St Mark's Basilica houses the relics of St Mark the Evangelist

Christopher Columbus leads an expedition to the New World, 1492. His voyages are celebrated as the discovery of the Americas from a European perspective, and they opened a new era in the history of humankind and sustained contact between the two worlds.

The Doge's Palace, the former residence of the Doge of Venice

Flag of the Cispadane Republic, which was the first Italian tricolour adopted by a sovereign Italian state (1797)

The Republic of Venice and its colonial empire Stato da Màr.

The Tetrarchs were the four co-rulers who governed the Roman Empire as long as Diocletian's reform lasted. Here they are portrayed embracing, in a posture of harmony, in a porphyry sculpture dating from the 4th century, produced in Anatolia, located today on a corner of St Mark's Basilica in Venice.

Sediment billowing out from Italy's shore into the Adriatic

Holographic copy of 1847 of Il Canto degli Italiani, the Italian national anthem since 1946

Piazza San Marco in Venice, with St. Mark's Campanile.

The Horses of Saint Mark, brought as loot from Constantinople in 1204.

Pebble beach at Brač island, in the Adriatic Sea within Croatia

Animated map of the Italian unification from 1829 to 1871

View of San Giorgio Maggiore Island from St. Mark's Campanile.

An 18th-century view of Venice by Canaletto.

The Victor Emmanuel II Monument in Rome, a national symbol of Italy celebrating the first king of the unified country, and resting place of the Italian Unknown Soldier since the end of World War I. It was inaugurated in 1911, on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy.

Monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400-1475), captain-general of the Republic of Venice from 1455 to 1475.

The 13th-century Castel Brando in Cison di Valmarino, Treviso.

The fascist dictator Benito Mussolini titled himself Duce and ruled the country from 1922 to 1943.

The Fra Mauro Map of the world. The map was made around 1450 and depicts Asia, Africa and Europe.

Areas controlled by the Italian Empire at its peak

St Mark's Basilica, the seat of the Patriarch of Venice.

Italian partisans in Milan during the Italian Civil War, April 1945

Venice viewed from the International Space Station

Pula Arena, one of the six largest surviving Roman amphitheatres

Alcide De Gasperi, first republican Prime Minister of Italy and one of the Founding Fathers of the European Union

Venice and surroundings in false colour, from Terra. The picture is oriented with North at the top.

Mosaic of Emperor Justinian and his court, from the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy

The signing ceremony of the Treaty of Rome on 25 March 1957, creating the European Economic Community, forerunner of the present-day European Union

The Republic of Venice was a leading maritime power in Europe

Funerals of the victims of the Bologna bombing of 2 August 1980, the deadliest attack ever perpetrated in Italy during the Years of Lead

Acqua alta ("high water") in Venice, 2008

The Prato della Valle in Padua, a work of Italian Renaissance architecture.

Italian government task force to face the COVID-19 emergency

Like Murano, Burano is also a tourist destination, usually reached via vaporetto

Antonio Canova's Psyche Revived by Love's Kiss.

The last moments of SMS Szent István, hit and sank by the Italian MAS

Dolphins in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Aeolian Islands

Bridge of Sighs, one of the most visited sites in the city

The Church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice

The Duce Benito Mussolini in a beach of Riccione, in 1932

Venetian Arsenal houses the Naval Historical Museum

The town of Izola in the Gulf of Koper, southwestern Slovenia

Gran Paradiso, established in 1922, is the oldest Italian national park.

Piazzetta San Marco with Doge's Palace on the left and the columns of the Lion of Venice and St. Theodore in the center.

A Trabucco, old fishing machine typical of Abruzzo region in Italy

The Italian wolf, the national animal of Italy

Gondolas share the waterway with other types of craft (including the vaporetti)

Köppen-Geiger climate classification map of Italy

Port of Trieste, the largest port in the Adriatic

The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of Italy.

Rimini is a major seaside tourist resort in Italy

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An Alfa Romeo 159 vehicle of the Carabinieri corps

Cruise ships access the port of Venice through the Giudecca Canal.

Group photo of the G7 leaders at the 43rd G7 summit in Taormina

Cruise ship and gondolas in the Bacino San Marco

The Zlatni Rat (Golden Cape) on the island of Brač

Heraldic coat of arms of the Italian Armed Forces

Aerial view of Venice including the Ponte della Libertà bridge to the mainland.

The Palace of the Emperor Diocletian in Split

A proportional representation of Italy exports, 2019

Giudecca Canal. View from St Mark's Campanile.

The coast of Neum, the only town to be situated along Bosnia and Herzegovina's {{convert|20|km|0|abbr=on}} of coastline

Milan is the economic capital of Italy, and is a global financial centre and a fashion capital of the world.

Sandolo in a picture of Paolo Monti of 1965. Fondo Paolo Monti, BEIC.

Portorož is the largest seaside tourist centre in Slovenia

Port of Durrës, the largest port in Albania

The Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway"), the first motorway built in the world

Port of Rijeka, the largest cargo port in Croatia

FS' Frecciarossa 1000 high speed train, with a maximum speed of 400 km/h

Port of Koper, the largest port in Slovenia

Trieste, the main port of the northern Adriatic and starting point of the Transalpine Pipeline

Port of Trieste, the largest cargo port in the Adriatic

ENI is considered one of the world's oil and gas "Supermajors".

Cruise ships at the passenger terminal in the Port of Venice (Venezia Terminal Passeggeri)

Port of Bar, the largest seaport in Montenegro

Solar panels in Piombino. Italy is one of the world's largest producers of renewable energy.

Marco Polo International Airport (Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo)

A trait that shows the structure of the Calà del Sasso

Galileo Galilei, the father of modern science, physics and astronomy

Enrico Fermi, creator of the world's first first nuclear reactor

The Amalfi Coast is one of Italy's major tourist destinations.

Map of Italy's population density at the 2011 census

An 18th-century view of Venice by Venetian artist Canaletto.

Italy is home to a large population of migrants from Eastern Europe and North Africa.

The Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti is an example of Venetian Gothic architecture alongside the Grand Canal.

Linguistic map showing the languages spoken in Italy

Vatican City, the Holy See's sovereign territory

Bologna University, established in AD 1088, is the world's oldest academic institution.

Olive oil and vegetables are central to the Mediterranean diet.

The Last Supper (1494–1499), Leonardo da Vinci, Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan

Michelangelo's David (1501–1504), Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence

The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world and one of the most prestigious and publicized.

The Birth of Venus (1484–1486), Sandro Botticelli, Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Francesco Guardi's Regatta in Venice, Guardi was a member of the Venetian School.

Dante shown holding a copy of the Divine Comedy, next to the entrance to Hell, the mount of Purgatory and the city of Florence, with the spheres of Heaven above, in Michelino's fresco, 1465

The Morning Chocolate, by Pietro Longhi. Hot chocolate was a fashionable drink in Venice during the 1770s and 1780s.

Niccolò Machiavelli, founder of modern political science and ethics

Luxury shops and boutiques along the Rialto Bridge.

Pinocchio is one of the world's most translated books and a canonical piece of children's literature.

The Doge Andrea Gritti, reigned 1523–1538, portrait by Titian.

Clockwise from top left: Thomas Aquinas, proponent of natural theology and the Father of Thomism; Giordano Bruno, one of the major scientific figures of the Western world; Cesare Beccaria, considered the Father of criminal justice and modern criminal law; and Maria Montessori, credited with the creation of the Montessori education

Carlo Goldoni, the most notable name in Italian theatre.

Statues of Pantalone and Harlequin, two stock characters from the Commedia dell'arte, in the Museo Teatrale alla Scala

thumb|The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola, Canaletto, circa 1738, J. Paul Getty Museum.

Dario Fo, one of the most widely performed playwrights in modern theatre, received international acclaim for his highly improvisational style.

thumb|Francesco Guardi, The Grand Canal, circa 1760 (Art Institute of Chicago)

Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, are among the most frequently worldwide performed in the standard repertoire

thumb|Morning Impression along a Canal in Venice, Veneto, Italy by Rafail Levitsky (1896)

Luciano Pavarotti, considered one of the finest tenors of the 20th century and the "King of the High Cs"

thumb|View from the Bridge of Sighs (2017)

Giorgio Moroder, pioneer of Italo disco and electronic dance music, is known as the "Father of disco".

The whole comune (red) in the Metropolitan City of Venice

The Azzurri in 2012. Football is the most popular sport in Italy.

Palazzo Corner is the seat of the Metropolitan City of Venice

Starting in 1909, the Giro d'Italia is the Grands Tours' second oldest.

Palazzo Ferro Fini is the seat of the Regional Council of Veneto

A Ferrari SF21 by Scuderia Ferrari, the most successful Formula One team

Prada shop at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan

The traditional recipe for spaghetti with tomato and basil sauce

The Frecce Tricolori, with the smoke trails representing the national colours of Italy, during the celebrations of the Festa della Repubblica

Iconic Della Salute by UK based Artist Raouf Oderuth

Venice (Venezia ; Venesia or Venexia ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

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Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy.

- Veneto

The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona.

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The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, and Slovenia.

- Adriatic Sea

Venice has been known as "La Dominante", "La Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Masks", "City of Bridges", "The Floating City", and "City of Canals".

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The Adriatic's shores are populated by more than 3.5 million people; the largest cities are Bari, Venice, Trieste and Split.

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The Po Valley, covering 57% of Veneto, extends from the mountains to the Adriatic sea, broken only by some low hills: Euganean Hills, Berici Hills Colli Asolani and Montello, which constitute the remaining 14% of the territory.

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The Adriatic Sea is a semi-enclosed sea, bordered in the southwest by the Apennine or Italian Peninsula, in the northwest by the Italian regions of Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and in the northeast by Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Albania—the Balkan peninsula.

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In 1866, Victor Emmanuel II allied with Prussia during the Austro-Prussian War, waging the Third Italian War of Independence which allowed Italy to annexe Venetia.

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Including the islands, Italy has a coastline and border of 7600 km on the Adriatic, Ionian, Tyrrhenian seas (740 km), and borders shared with France (488 km), Austria (430 km), Slovenia (232 km) and Switzerland (740 km).

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Many watercourses and coastal stretches have also been contaminated by industrial and agricultural activity, while because of rising water levels, Venice has been regularly flooded throughout recent years.

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Republic of Venice

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The Doge of Venice, illustrated in the manuscript Théâtre de tous les peuples et nations de la terre avec leurs habits et ornemens divers, tant anciens que modernes, diligemment depeints au naturel. Painted by Lucas d'Heere in the 2nd half of the 16th century. Preserved by the Ghent University Library.

Map of the Venetian Republic, circa 1000

Procession in St Mark's Square by Gentile Bellini in 1496

Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice during the War of the League of Cambrai.

The Venetian fort of Palamidi in Nafplion, Greece, one of many forts that secured Venetian trade routes in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Greater coat of arms of the Republic, with its various possessions and claims, in the aftermath of the Morean War

Drawing of the Doge's Palace, late 14th century

The governmental structure of the Venetian Republic

The hearing given by the Doge in the Sala del Collegio in Doge's Palace by Francesco Guardi, 1775–80

Voyage of Marco Polo into the Far East during the Pax Mongolica

The Piraeus Lion in Venice, in front of the Venetian Arsenal

Relief of the Venetian Lion on the Landward Gate in Zara (Zadar), capital of the Venetian Dalmatia

Relief of the Venetian Lion in Parenzo (Poreč)

Relief of the Venetian Lion in Cattaro (Kotor)

Relief of the Venetian Lion in Candia (Heraklion)

Relief of the Venetian Lion in Frangokastello, Crete

Venetian blazon with the Lion of Saint Mark, as frequently found on the New Fortress walls, Corfu.

The sack of Constantinople in 1204 on a mosaic in the San Giovanni Evangelista church in Ravenna, 1213

The Republic of Venice (Repubblica di Venezia; Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic (Repubblica Veneta; Repùblega Vèneta), traditionally known as La Serenissima (Most Serene Republic of Venice; Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia; Serenìsima Res-piovega de Venèsia), was a sovereign state and maritime republic in parts of present-day Italy (mainly northeastern Italy) which existed for 1100 years from 697 AD until 1797 AD. Centered on the lagoon communities of the prosperous city of Venice, it incorporated numerous overseas possessions in modern Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Greece, Albania and Cyprus.

Venice achieved territorial conquests along the Adriatic Sea.

The pope wanted Romagna; Emperor Maximilian I: Friuli and Veneto; Spain: the Apulian ports; the king of France: Cremona; the king of Hungary: Dalmatia, and each one some of another's part.

Po (river)

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Longest river in Italy.

The Po in San Mauro Torinese in July 2012.

The Po then extends along the 45th parallel north before ending at a delta projecting into the Adriatic Sea near Venice.

The Po Delta wetlands have been protected by the institution of two regional parks in the regions in which it is situated: Veneto and Emilia-Romagna.

In 1907 under the Kingdom of Italy the agency became the Magistrato alle Acque and took responsibility for all the water resources in northeastern Italy.

Unification of Italy

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The 19th-century political and social movement that resulted in the consolidation of different states of the Italian Peninsula into a single state in 1861, the Kingdom of Italy.

Giuseppe Mazzini, highly influential leader of the Italian revolutionary movement

The first meeting between Garibaldi and Mazzini at the headquarters of Young Italy in 1833.

The Arrest of Silvio Pellico and Piero Maroncelli, Saluzzo, civic museum

Ciro Menotti and his compatriots clashed with the army

Daniele Manin and Niccolò Tommaseo after the proclamation of the Republic of San Marco

Garibaldi and Cavour making Italy in a satirical cartoon of 1861

Giuseppe Garibaldi, celebrated as one of the greatest generals of modern times and as the "Hero of the Two Worlds", who commanded and fought in many military campaigns that led to unification of Italy

People cheering as Garibaldi enters Naples

Victor Emmanuel meets Garibaldi near Teano

The Injured Garibaldi in the Aspromonte Mountains (oil on canvas), credited to Gerolamo Induno

The Quirinal Palace in Rome became the head of state of Italy's official residence (royal residence of the Kings of Italy and after the Italian constitutional referendum, 1946 residence and workplace for the Presidents of the Italian Republic)

The Victor Emmanuel II Monument in Rome, inaugurated in 1911 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy.

Mourning Italia turrita on the tomb to Vittorio Alfieri by Antonio Canova

Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni (1841) by Francesco Hayez

Portrait of Francesco De Sanctis (1890) by Francesco Saverio Altamura

Verdi's bust outside the Teatro Massimo in Palermo

Patriots scrawling "Viva VERDI" on walls

The final scene of the opera Risorgimento! (2011) by Lorenzo Ferrero

Italy in 1860: orange Kingdom of Sardinia, blue Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (Austrian Empire), pink United Provinces of Central Italy, red Papal States, pale green Kingdom of Two Sicilies.

Italy in 1861: orange Kingdom of Italy, blue Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (Austrian Empire), red Papal States.

Kingdom of Italy in 1870, showing the Papal States, before the Capture of Rome.

Italy was unified by the Roman Republic in the latter part of the third century BC. For 700 years, it was a de facto territorial extension of the capital of the Roman Republic and Empire, and for a long time experienced a privileged status but was not converted into a province.

In 1844, two brothers from Venice, Attilio and Emilio Bandiera, members of the Giovine Italia, planned to make a raid on the Calabrian coast against the Kingdom of Two Sicilies in support of Italian unification.

The fall of Gaeta brought the unification movement to the brink of fruition—only Rome and Venetia remained to be added.

With the motto "Free from the Alps to the Adriatic", the unification movement set its gaze on Rome and Venice.