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Venetian Fortifications
Venetian often means from or related to: * Venice, a city in Italy * Veneto, a region of Italy * Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area Venetians might refer to: * Masters of Venetian painting in 15th-16th centuries * City dwellers of Venice Venetian and the like may also refer to: * Venetian language, a Romance language spoken mostly in the Veneto region * Venice, Florida, a city in Sarasota County, United States *The Venetian Las Vegas, a resort hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada *The Venetian Macao, a hotel and casino in Macau, China *Venetian blind, or Venetian, a common type of window blind similar to Persian blind *Venetian curtain, a type of theater front curtain *''The Venetian Woman'', ''The Venetian Comedy'', or ''The Venetian'' originally ''La veniexiana'' (play), a comedy in Venetian language, 1535-1537 *''The Venetians'', an 1892 novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon * ''The Venetian'' (play), a work by Clifford Bax * ''The Venetian'' (film), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice
Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 438 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po River, Po and the Piave River, Piave rivers (more exactly between the Brenta (river), Brenta and the Sile (river), Sile). As of 2025, 249,466 people resided in greater Venice or the Comune of Venice, of whom about 51,000 live in the historical island city of Venice (''centro storico'') and the rest on the mainland (''terraferma''). Together with the cities of Padua, Italy, Padua and Treviso, Italy, 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. The name is derived from the ancient Adr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Venetians (novel)
''The Venetians'' is an 1893 sensation novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. The plot follows the career of an English gentleman in the aftermath of a fatal brawl in Venice. Plot summary John Vansittart is a young man of the landed gentry on a solo tour of Italy. In Venice during Carnival, he meets a beautiful peasant woman, Fiordelisa Vivanti, a lace-maker from Burano. She is the mistress of another Englishman, but tells John that her lover is away on business. While John and Lisa are dining at Caffè Florian, Lisa's lover suddenly appears and attacks John in a fit of jealousy. In the ensuing scuffle, John grabs a dagger he had just purchased as a souvenir, and stabs his rival, who dies instantly. Shocked, John flees the scene, jumps into the lagoon, and climbs aboard a steamship just as it departs for Alexandria. On his way back to England, he finds that the murder attracted no significant attention and that he is apparently safe from prosecution. He feels regret and shame at his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Things Named Venetian
{{Short description, none The list of things named Venetian is quite extensive. Venetian generally describes anything from or related to the Italy, Italian city of Venice, or the Veneto region (of which Venice is the capital), or of the Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area. The term may also refer to the Venetian language, a Romance language spoken mostly in the Veneto region. The term Venetian may also mean from or related to the American city of Venice, Florida, in Sarasota County. There are many concept names that use the term "Venetian" in those general senses, such as Venetian cuisine, Music of Venice, Venetian music, Venetian grammar, etc. There are however many concepts where "Venetian" has a special sense that cannot be deduced form the general ones. There are also many people, buildings, and works of art with "Venetian" in their name. Special senses History *Venetian Albania (1392–1797), dominion of the Republic of Venice in present so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venetia (other)
Venetia may refer to: Places * Veneto Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ... or Venetia, a modern Italian region * Adriatic Venetia (tribal region), an ancient tribal region of Adriatic Veneti * Venetia et Histria, an administrative region of ancient Roman Italy * Byzantine Venetia, a Byzantine province in the 6th and 7th centuries * Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (1815–1866), a crown land of the Austrian Empire * Veneția, a tributary of the Olt River in Romania * Venetia, Pennsylvania, United States, an unincorporated community * 487 Venetia, an asteroid Arts and entertainment * ''Venetia'' (Disraeli novel), an 1837 novel by Benjamin Disraeli * ''Venetia'' (Heyer novel), a 1958 novel by Georgette Heyer * "Venetia", a song from the album '' Eternal Atake'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veneti (other)
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Veneti or Venedi may refer to: * Veneti (Gaul), an ancient Celtic tribe described by classical sources as living in what is now Brittany, France *Adriatic Veneti, an ancient historical Italic people of northeastern Italy, who spoke an Italic language * Vistula Veneti, an ancient Indo-European people of uncertain origin, who lived near the Vistula River and the Baltic Sea *Veneti, modern residents of the Veneto region of Italy * Vənədi, a village in Azerbaijan See also * Venet, a surname * Veneta (other) *Venetia (other) * Venetian (other) *Veneto (other) Veneto is a region of northern Italy. Veneto may also refer to: People * Armando Veneto, Italian politician * Bartolomeo Veneto, Italian painter Military * Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto, Italian battleship ''Vittorio Veneto'' * Italian cru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice (other)
Venice is a city in Italy. In historical contexts, the name may refer to the Republic of Venice. Venice or Venise may also refer to: Music * Music of Venice, the city's role in the development of the music of Italy * ''Venice'' (Fennesz album), 2004 * ''Venice'' (Anderson Paak album), 2014 * Venice (band), a band from Venice, California * ''Venice'' (musical), first produced in 2010 in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. Places United States * Venice, Bainbridge Island, Washington, a community of Bainbridge Island * Venice, Florida, a city in Sarasota County * Venice, Illinois, a city in Madison County * Venice, Los Angeles, a neighborhood on the Westside of the city, California * Venice, Louisiana, an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish * Venice, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Venice, Nebraska, a census-designated place in Douglas County * Venice, New York, a town in Cayuga County * Venice, Ohio, former name of Ross, a census- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and about 1,194,095 inhabitants as of 2025. A natural opening to the sea for many central European countries, the region is traversed by the major transport routes between the east and west of Southern Europe. It encompasses the historical-geographical region of Friuli and a small portion of the historical region of —also known in English as the Julian March—each with its own distinct history, traditions and identity. Name ''Friuli'' comes from the Latin term (' Julius' forum'), a center for commerce in the Roman times, which today corresponds to the city of Cividale. The denomination ''Venezia Giulia'' ('Julian Venetia', not referring to the city of Venice but to the Roman province of Venetia et Histria) was proposed by the Italian l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friulan
Friulian ( ) or Friulan (natively or ; ; ; ) is a Romance language belonging to the Rhaeto-Romance family. Friulian is spoken in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy and has around 600,000 speakers, the vast majority of whom also speak Italian. It is sometimes called Eastern Ladin since it shares the same roots as Ladin, but over the centuries, it has diverged under the influence of surrounding languages, including German, Italian, Venetian, and Slovene. Documents in Friulian are attested from the 11th century and poetry and literature date as far back as 1300. By the 20th century, there was a revival of interest in the language. History A question that causes many debates is the influence of the Latin spoken in Aquileia and surrounding areas. Some claim that it had peculiar features that later passed into Friulian. Epigraphs and inscriptions from that period show some variants if compared to the standard Latin language, but most of them are common to other areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Venetian Woman
''La venexiana'' (internationally released as ''The Venetian Woman'') is a 1986 Italian erotic film directed by Mauro Bolognini. The film is a transposition of the anonymous 16th century comedy play '' La Venexiana''. Cast * Laura Antonelli as Angela * Monica Guerritore as Valeria * Jason Connery as Jules * Clelia Rondinella as Nena * Claudio Amendola Claudio Amendola (born 16 February 1963) is an Italian actor, film director and television presenter. He starred in the 1993 film '' The Escort'', which was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Biography Born in Rome and the son of act ... as Bernardo * Annie Belle References External links * 1986 films Films directed by Mauro Bolognini Films set in Venice Italian erotic films Films scored by Ennio Morricone 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films 1980s erotic films {{1980s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawel Althamer
Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian: Павел; Czech, Slovene, and (although Romanian also uses Paul); ; ; ) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given name * Pavel I of Russia (1754–1801), Emperor of Russia * Paweł Adamowicz (1965–2019), Polish politician * Paweł Brożek (born 1983), Polish footballer * Paweł Cibicki (born 1994), Swedish footballer * Paweł Deląg (born 1970), Polish actor * Pavel Durov (born 1984), Telegram founder *Paweł Fajdek (born 1989), Polish hammer thrower * Pavel Haas (1899-1944), Czech composer who was murdered during the Holocaust * Paweł Jasienica (1909–1970), Polish historian, journalist, essayist and soldier *Paweł Kisielow (born 1945), Polish immunologist *Pavel Kuzmich (born 1988), Russian luger *Paweł Łukaszewski (born 1968), Polish composer *Paweł Mąciwoda (born 1967), Polish bassist for the German rock band Scorpions *Paweł My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Venetians (sculptures)
The Venetians is a 90 figure 2013 sculptural group created by the Polish visial artist Pawel Althamer (b. 1967) for the 55th Venice Biennale. Cast in plastic, the artist captured the hands and countenances of Venetians in plastic before connecting them to corpuses made of extruded plastic ribbons. The work en total was subsequently exhibited in 2014 at the f!irst U.S. museum survey of Althamer's opus at the New Museum in New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w .... The pieces were created with the help of the artist's father's plastics firm References 2013 sculptures Polish art Venice {{Sculpture-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
