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FASCINATING NARROW STREETS
Venice has many narrow streets. The narrowest street in Venice is called ‘Calletta’ or ‘Ramo Varisco’ and it is located on a side street near Campo San Canciano: it is one of the narrowest streets in the world because it measures only 53 cm wide at chest level.
2.
BREATHTAKING CANALS
Venice is a renowned city for its canals. There are several canals around the city. The Grand Canal is one of them; it is the largest canals in the city. Public transport is provided by water buses and private water taxis, and many tourists explore by canals. One end of the canal leads into the lagoon near the Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into Saint Mark Basin; in between, it makes a large reverse-S-shape through the central districts of Venice
3.
CITY OF BRIDGES
Venice is the city of bridges. There are 417 bridges in Venice and 72 of those are private. Rialto Bridge is the oldest bridge of the City and one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in the City.
4.
THEY SPEAK VENETIAN
Venice has its own language, Venetian. People in Venice speak it, however, people are very fluent in Italian too. The Venetian language is not a dialect of the Italian language.
5.
VENEZUELA IS NAMED AFTER VENICE
A country of South America, Venezuela is named after the Italian name of the city of Venice, ‘Venezia.’ Also, Venezuela means little Venice in Spanish.
6.
OLDEST CASINO IN THE WORLD
James Bond fans needs to know this. Casino di Venezia or Casino of Venice is regarded as the oldest casino in the World. It was opened in 1638 and the building of the casino is also the final resting place of the German composer, Richard Wagner.
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CARNIVAL OF VENICE
Venice celebrates the annual festival ‘Carnival of Venice.’ Carnival ends with Lent, a Christian celebration forty days before Easter, on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. The festival is world famous for its elaborate masks.
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THOUSAND YEAR OLD ARCHITECTURE
Many of the houses in Venice are hundreds of years old and some are thousands of years old. One of them is St. Mark’s Basilica, the oldest cathedral in the city built in 1094 A.D.
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FIRST GRADUATED WOMAN
The first graduate woman in the world was born in Venice. It was Elena Lucrezia Corner Piscopia, who received the academic degree from the University. She was born in 1646. She was also the first woman in the world to receive a Ph.D. degree from the University of Padua.
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DEPOPULATION PROBLEM
The population of Venice dropped from over 120,000 to 60,000 over the last 50 years. Some Experts say that Venice will be the ghost city by 2030. It would be populated only by tourists that would come in the morning and leave in the evening.
RECAP;
1. FASCINATING NARROW STREETS
2. BREATHTAKING CANALS
3. CITY OF BRIDGES
4. THEY SPEAK VENETIAN
5. VENEZUELA IS NAMED AFTER VENICE
6. OLDEST CASINO IN THE WORLD
7. CARNIVAL OF VENICE
8. THOUSAND YEAR OLD ARCHITECTURE
9. FIRST GRADUATED WOMAN
10. DEPOPULATION PROBLEM