Venice

Comune di Venezia
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Province	Venice (VE)
Mayor	Massimo Cacciari (since April 18, 2005)
Elevation	0 m
Area	412 km²
Population
- Total (as of January 1, 2004)	271,251
- Density	646/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	45°26′N 12°19′E / 45.433, 12.317Coordinates: 45°26′N 12°19′E / 45.433, 12.317
Gentilic	Veneziani
Dialing code	041
Postal code	30100
Frazioni	Chirignago, Favaro Veneto, Mestre, Marghera, Murano, Burano, Giudecca, Lido, Zelarino
Patron	St. Mark the Evangelist
- Day	April 25
Website: www.comune.venezia.it

Venice and its Lagoon*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
State Party	Italy
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi
Reference	394
Region†	Europe and North America
Inscription History
Inscription	1987  (11th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area (population 1,600,000). Venice's nicknames include "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Bridges", and "The City of Light".

The city stretches across numerous small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers. The population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia; around 62,000 in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico); 176,000 in Terraferma (literally firm land, the areas outside the lagoon), mostly in the large frazione of Mestre and Marghera; and 31,000 live on other islands in the lagoon.

The Venetian Republic was a major sea power and a staging area for the Crusades, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially the spice trade) and art in the Renaissance. Though ironically the city-state lost much of its power and importance due to the decline and fall of the Byzantine Empire, which Venice helped to destroy. This was due to the fact that Turkish control of the Eastern Mediterranean gave the European maritime powers incentive to find trade routes elsewhere.

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