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Republic of Venice was and is known under the following names: "Republic of St. Mark" (La Repubblica di San Marco), "Lion's Republic" (La Repubblica del Leone), "Preasenina (Serenissima) etc..
There are certain aspects of the origin of the city, although local legend accredits March 25 as the year 421 since the founding of the fortress, it seems that Venice was born as a result of the flow of refugees who have left under threat of invasion longobarde Padana plain in northern Italy in 568.
Located at the cultural border, the Byzantine Empire, Venice and has developed a strong spirit of independence that led to the formation of a city state. Political leader was the Doge (Latin dux), theoretically elected for life, but in practice, especially in the early centuries of existence of the community, often forced to give up its mandate as a result of unsatisfactory results of their own government.
In the peak of its power, controlling much of Venice Maii Adriatic coast, many islands in the Ionian and Aegean Sea, was the principal military power in Eastern Mediterranean and is among the main commercial forces in the Middle East. The highlight of the Venetian colonial empire was reached after the Fourth Crusade, during the Doge Enrico Dandolo, when, as a consequence of the conquest of Constantinople by Venetian and non-Venetian Crusaders in 1204 was founded the Latin Empire of Constantinople, a State dominated commercially by the Republic of Venice, and the latter came into possession of several islands in the Aegean Sea (and Negroponte - now Evia, Naxos, Chios, etc., then and Crete, as well as cities and Coron in the Peloponnese Modon ). Since the early years of the fifteenth century, the republic has spread to northern Italy, by subjecting neighboring cities (Padova, Vicenza, Verona, etc.). Friulane and the region. Thus, in the second half of that century, Venetian domination extends to the river Adda, including new cities, such as Bergamo and Brescia.
In the eighteenth century, Venice was one of the finest cities in Europe, with great influence in the arts, architecture and literature of that period. Republic comprised Veneto Veneto, Istria, Dalmatia, Cattaro (now Kotor) and part of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. But after 1070 years of independence, 12 May 1797 the city was conquered by Napoleon Bonaparte. Doge Ludovico Manin is compelled by Napoleon to abdicate and dissolved the Council of the Republic is to proclaim "the Provisional Government of the Municipality of Venice." On May 16 1797 French troops occupied the city.
October 17, 1797 "City of Venta" cease to exist, was ceded to Austria. Veneto, Istria, Dalmatia and Cattaro formed the Austrian Empire province of Venice. Austrians entered the city on January 18, 1798. Since 1866, Venice took part in the Kingdom of Italy.
Today, the city of Venice is divided into six districts: Dorsoduro, Santa Croce, San Polo, San Marco, Cannaregio and Castello, comprising 118 islands, 354 bridges and 177 canals.
Piazza San Marco can be "center center" town, one of the most beautiful in the world. Here is the Basilica San Marco, Palazzo Ducale and Basilica bell. Another symbol of the city is the Rialto Bridge with shops.
Other important monuments in Venice are: Arsenal, Santa Maria della Salute Basilica and the Basilica Santa Maria dei Frari Glorious.
The main channels of the city are the Grand Canal and Canale della Giudecca. The first split in two cities by drawing an S, the second separates the old center of the island of Giudecca.
Venice Island | The main town of Venice and the Veneto region of north-eastern Italy. Venice currently has 266,181 inhabitants and is the capital of the province with the same name. The whole town (and the whole lagoon) in 1979 were declared patrimony of humanity by UNESCO
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