A report on Adriatic Sea and Veneto
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.
- VenetoThe 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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Brenta (river)
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The Brenta is an Italian river that runs from Trentino to the Adriatic Sea just south of the Venetian lagoon in the Veneto region, in the north-east of Italy.
Adige
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The Adige (Etsch ; Àdexe ; ; ; Athesis;, or Ἄταγις, Átagis ) is the second-longest river in Italy, after the Po, rises in the Alps in the province of South Tyrol (Italian: Alto Adige "high Adige"), near the Italian border with Austria and Switzerland, and flows 410 km through most of northeastern Italy to the Adriatic Sea.
The Adige crosses Trentino and later Veneto, flowing past the town of Rovereto, the Lagarina Valley, the cities of Verona and Adria and the north-eastern part of the Po Plain into the Adriatic Sea.
Adria
1 linksAdria is a town and comune in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po.
Adria may have given its name during an early period to the Adriatic Sea, to which it was connected by channels.
Friuli Venezia Giulia
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One of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute.
The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, Adriatic Sea.
To the south it faces the Adriatic Sea and to the west the Veneto region.
Tagliamento
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The Tagliamento is a braided river in north-east Italy, flowing from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea at a point between Trieste and Venice.
The source is in the Mauria Pass, on the border between the regions of Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Etruscan civilization
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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.
First French Empire
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The empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
Napoleon's creation of the Kingdom of Italy, the occupation of Ancona, and his annexation of Venetia and its former Adriatic territories marked a new stage in the French Empire's progress.
Caorle
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Caorle (Càorle) is a coastal town in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy, located between the estuaries of the Livenza and Lemene rivers.
It is situated on the Adriatic Sea between two other tourist towns, Eraclea and Bibione.