A report on Po Valley, Adriatic Sea and Veneto

The Padan Plain in Northern Italy (green) and the Po river basin in the Plain (red circle)

Map showing the river Po and tributaries in the Padan Plain. Note the numerous Italian Lakes on the margin of the Alps.

Bay of Kotor, a ria in the Southern Adriatic

The regions of Italy as defined by the government of Italy. According to the Po Basin Water Board, the valley includes: 14) Piedmont, 2) Aosta Valley, 11) Lombardy, 20) Veneto, 10) Liguria, 7) Emilia-Romagna, 17) Trentino-Alto Adige, and 8) Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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

Venice, the primary tourist destination and the capital of Veneto

Carmagnola, countryside near the river Po

Schematic layout of Adriatic Sea currents

Rice fields in the province of Vercelli, eastern Piedmont.

A submarine spring near Omiš, observed through sea surface rippling

Landscape of the Bassa: a farm in the province of Cremona, southern Lombardy.

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.

Natural vegetation (central-European broadleaved trees) of the Padan Plain

The Po Valley as seen by the ESA's Sentinel-2.

1585 map depicting the eastern Po Valley and river delta, Vatican Museums.

Sediment billowing out from Italy's shore into the Adriatic

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.

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

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

An 18th-century view of Venice by Canaletto.

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

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

Pula Arena, one of the six largest surviving Roman amphitheatres

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

The Republic of Venice was a leading maritime power in Europe

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

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

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

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

The Church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice

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

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

Port of Trieste, the largest port in the Adriatic

Rimini is a major seaside tourist resort in Italy

The Barcolana regatta in Trieste, Italy, was named "the greatest sailing race" by the Guinness World Record for its 2,689 boats and over 16,000 sailors on the starting line.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sail-world.com/news/218597/Barcolana-the-largest-regatta-in-the-world |title=Barcolana, the largest regatta in the world is presented in London |website=Sail World}}</ref>

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

The Palace of the Emperor Diocletian in Split

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

Portorož is the largest seaside tourist centre in Slovenia

Port of Durrës, the largest port in Albania

Port of Rijeka, the largest cargo port in Croatia

Port of Koper, the largest port in Slovenia

Port of Trieste, the largest cargo port in the Adriatic

Port of Bar, the largest seaport in Montenegro

A trait that shows the structure of the Calà del Sasso

It extends approximately 650 km in an east-west direction, with an area of 46000 sqkm including its Venetic extension not actually related to the Po river basin; it runs from the Western Alps to the Adriatic Sea.

- Po Valley

The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to the northwest and the Po Valley.

- Adriatic Sea

The flatlands of Veneto and Friuli are often considered apart since they do not drain into the Po, but they effectively combine into an unbroken plain, making it the largest in Southern Europe.

- Po Valley

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.

- Veneto

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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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 vast valley around the Po is called the Po Basin or Po Valley (Italian Pianura Padana or Val Padana); in time it became the main industrial area of the country.

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.

Republic of Venice

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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.

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

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.

They then sold or supplied salt and other goods to cities in the Po Valley - Piacenza, Parma, Reggio, Bologna, among others - in exchange for salami, prosciutto, cheese, soft wheat, and other goods.

Extent of Etruscan civilisation and the twelve Etruscan League cities.

Etruscan civilization

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Biconical cinerary urn with crest-shaped helmet lid, 9th–8th century BC, from Monterozzi (Fontanaccia), Tarquinia, Museo archeologico nazionale

Urn in the shape of a hut, which represents the typical Etruscan house of the Villanovan phase, 8th century BC, from Vulci, Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève

Etruscan pendant with swastika symbols from Bolsena, Italy, 700–650 BC. Louvre

Putto Graziani, hollow-cast bronze on which is engraved the Etruscan inscription "To the god Tec Sans as a gift" (Tec Sans was the protectress of childhood), 3-2nd century BC, Rome, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco

Sarcophagus of the Spouses, about 1st century BC, Volterra, Museo etrusco Guarnacci

Painted terracotta Sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa, about 150–130 BC.

Ethnic groups of Italy (as defined by today's borders) in 400 BC

Etruscan territories and major spread pathways of Etruscan products

The Mars of Todi, an Etruscan bronze sculpture, c. 400 BC

A former Etruscan walled town, Civita di Bagnoregio

The Capitoline Wolf, long considered an Etruscan bronze, feeding the twins Romulus and Remus

Sarcophagus of the Spouses, (Louvre, Room 18)

Etruscan warrior, found near Viterbo, Italy, dated c. undefined 500 BC

3D view, facing west, of the Etruscan Hypogeum of the Volumnis, Perugia, Italy, cut from a laser scan

5th century BC fresco of dancers and musicians, Tomb of the Leopards, Monterozzi necropolis, Tarquinia, Italy

Janiform kantharos, Etruscan pottery, second half of the 4th century BC.

Cippus Perusinus. 3rd–2nd century BC, San Marco near Perugia

Samples of Etruscan script, from the Liber linteus

The Etruscan civilization of ancient Italy covered a territory, at its greatest extent, of roughly what is now Tuscany, western Umbria, and northern Lazio, as well as what are now the Po Valley, Emilia-Romagna, south-eastern Lombardy, southern Veneto, and western Campania.

In the 4th century BC, Etruria saw a Gallic invasion end its influence over the Po Valley and the Adriatic coast.