The city of Venice is famous and unique for its structure alone, which extends over approximately 120 islands separated by numerous canals all connected to each other by over 400 bridges.
Consequently, urban travel is almost exclusively carried out on water (motorboats, public water boats, gondolas and private boats). In the historical centre, heavily depopulated (less than 70000 remaining residents) tertiary activities prevail: administrative functions and industry connected with the powerful tourist business...

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Padova, (Padua) has been protagonist of Venetian history from ancient times. It was already an important centre during the Roman era - the historian, Tito Livio, was born here in BC 59 – as documented by the remains of an Arena. During the municipal period, the city’s history was particularly dazzling – being very important for Christianity, in that S. Anthony, said to be from Padova, but really originally from Lisbon, spent the last days of his life here – then expansion in a great period of cultural and artistic development, under the dominion of the Carraresi Family...

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Situated on the North bank of the Sile River, between the branch of the River Botteniga (in the so called branches of the Cagnan di Mezzo, also called dei Buranelli, and the Roggia), Treviso began its history as a Paleoveneto settlement, becoming Romanized in ’89 BC, then later the “Municipium Tarvisium,” with the classic trim town planning positioned on the Cardo (the present day via S.Margherita, Indipendenza e Calmaggiore) and the Decumano (present day via Martiri della Libertà).
It was a flourishing centre under the Goti and Longobardi...

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Enclosed between the double handle of the Adige River on one side and the hills in the background on the other, Verona is one of the most tourist and cultural destinations of Veneto. The city’s evolution started during the most important eras of Italian history: its geographical position allowed it to develop a fundamental role from Roman times to the Renaissance, running up to modern commercial times.
During the Roman era Verona enjoyed its importance and prosperity, and even today, the remains of that glorious moment, make the city famous: The Arena, the Roman Theatre...

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Vicenza, known in past times as Vicetia, is situated in an area of Veneto, which includes on one side the Prealpi and the other side the Monti Berici: a location, which with the running waters that cross it, the Bacchiglione and the Retrone, form a characteristic panorama. More than one hundred high class mansions embellish this city which due to its architectural quality, attests as a Venice on the mainland.
The settlement is originally paleoveneta, but during the Roman era the city began to assume a definite urbanistic installation. During the Medieval era, it was a Free Council...

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