A report on Venice, Padua, Verona and Veneto

Remnants of Padua's Roman amphitheatre wall

Venice, the primary tourist destination and the capital of Veneto

Venice in autumn, with the Rialto Bridge in the background

The Botanical Garden of Padova today; in the background, the Basilica of Sant'Antonio

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

The Lion of Saint Mark, located in Piazza delle Erbe, the symbol of the Venetian Republic

The unfinished façade of Padua Cathedral

The Arche scaligere, tombs of the ancient lords of Verona

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

Clock tower and Lion of St. Mark, symbol of the Serenissima Repubblic

Panoramic view of the city from Castel San Pietro

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

Last Judgment by Giotto, part of the Scrovegni Chapel.

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

Palazzo del Governo is the seat of the Province of Verona

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

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.

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

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

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

This tempera, Two Christians before the Judges, hangs in the city's Cathedral.

An 18th-century view of Venice by Canaletto.

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

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

Venice viewed from the International Space Station

San Zeno Basilica, like many other Veronese churches, is built with alternating layers of white stone and bricks

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

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

Loggia Amulea, as seen from Prato della Valle

Torre degli Anziani as seen from Piazza della Frutta

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

The Astronomical clock as seen from Piazza dei Signori

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

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

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

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

Venetian Arsenal houses the Naval Historical Museum

The Church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice

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

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

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

Cruise ship and gondolas in the Bacino San Marco

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

Giudecca Canal. View from St Mark's Campanile.

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

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

Marco Polo International Airport (Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo)

A trait that shows the structure of the Calà del Sasso

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

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

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

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

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

Luxury shops and boutiques along the Rialto Bridge.

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

Carlo Goldoni, the most notable name in Italian theatre.

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

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

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

thumb|View from the Bridge of Sighs (2017)

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

Palazzo Corner is the seat of the Metropolitan City of Venice

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

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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Padua (Padova ; Pàdova) is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy.

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Verona (, ; Verona or Veròna) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants.

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Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice.

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

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Together with the cities of Padua and Treviso, Venice is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million.

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In 1164 Verona joined with Vicenza, Padua and Treviso to create the Veronese League, which was integrated with the Lombard League in 1167 to battle against Frederick I Barbarossa.

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Este, Padua, Oderzo, Adria, Vicenza, Verona, and Altino became centres of Venetic culture.

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But a powerful league was formed against him in 1337 – Florence, Venice, the Visconti, the Este, and the Gonzaga.

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By the standards of the time, Venice's stewardship of its mainland territories was relatively enlightened and the citizens of such towns as Bergamo, Brescia, and Verona rallied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.

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In 1387 John Hawkwood won the Battle of Castagnaro for Padua, against Giovanni Ordelaffi, for Verona.

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Vicenza

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City in northeastern Italy.

The three-dimensional stage of the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza

Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare, designed by Palladio and built by Vincenzo Scamozzi

Plaque for Vicenza in the UNESCO World Heritage List

A plate of Baccalà alla vicentina, a typical dish of the city

It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the Monte Berico, where it straddles the Bacchiglione River.

Vicenza is approximately 60 km west of Venice and 200 km east of Milan.

The citizens of Vicetia received Roman citizenship and were inscribed into the Roman tribe Romilia in 49 BC. The city was known for its agriculture, brickworks, marble quarry, and wool industry and had some importance as a way-station on the important road from Mediolanum (Milan) to Aquileia, near Tergeste (Trieste), but it was overshadowed by its neighbor Patavium (Padua).

On his death the old oligarchic republic political structure was restored – a consiglio maggiore ("grand council") of four hundred members and a consiglio minore ("small council") of forty members – and it formed a league with Padua, Treviso and Verona.

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.

The Republic of Venice fought the War of the Castle of Love against Padua and Treviso in 1215.

In the early 15th century, the republic began to expand onto the Terraferma. Thus, Vicenza, Belluno, and Feltre were acquired in 1404, and Padua, Verona, and Este in 1405.

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.