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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] |
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] |
Venice, Alberta
Venice is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Lac La Biche County. It is located approximately west of Highway 55 and northwest of Cold Lake. Demographics Lac La Biche County's 2016 municipal census counted a population of 22 in Venice. See also *List of communities in Alberta *List of hamlets in Alberta Hamlet (place), Hamlets in the Canadian province of Alberta are Unincorporated area, unincorporated communities administered by, and within the boundaries of, Specialized municipalities of Alberta, specialized municipalities or List of communit ... References Hamlets in Alberta Lac La Biche County {{NorthernAlberta-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice Kamel Gouda
Venice Kamel Gouda (7 October 1934 – 21 March 2021) was an Egyptian research professor and a Minister of State for Scientific Research from 1993 to 1997. Early life Daughter to accountant Kamel Gouda and his wife Victoria Attalah, Venice was born on 7 October 1934 and received her B.Sc. degree from Ain Shams University in 1956. She did her M.Sc. (1959) and PhD (1962) from Cairo University. Career Gouda began her career as an assistant research chemist at the National Research Centre (NRC) in 1956 and from 1962 to 1966, was an associate professor at the Clarkson College of Technology. In 1991, she became the director of NRC's applied inorganic chemistry division. In October 1993 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011 and the 41st Prime Minister of Egypt, prime minister from 1981 to ... appointed her the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nan Madol
Nan Madol is an archaeological site adjacent to the eastern shore of the island of Pohnpei, now part of the Madolenihmw district of Pohnpei state in the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. Nan Madol was the capital of the Saudeleur dynasty until about 1628. The city, constructed in a lagoon, consists of a series of small artificial islands linked by a network of canals. The site core with its stone walls encloses an area approximately and it contains 92 artificial islets—stone and coral fill platforms—bordered by tidal canals. The name means "within the intervals" and is a reference to the canals that crisscross the ruins. The original name was , "Reef of Heaven", according to Gene Ashby in his book ''Pohnpei, An Island Argosy''. It is often called the "eighth wonder of the world", or the Venice of the East, "Venice of the Pacific". History Nan Madol was the ceremonial and political seat of the Saudeleur dynasty, which united Pohnpei's estimate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice Of The Orient
The following is a list of places which have been nicknamed Venice of the East (a reference to the city of Venice, Italy). List Similar * Kampong Phluk * Ko Panyi See also * Venezuela, country whose name means "Little Venice" * Venice of the North * Venice of the South * Little Venice (other), Little Venice * Paris of the East (other), Paris of the East * Paris of the West (other), Paris of the West * Little Paris (other), Little Paris References {{reflist, colwidth=30em Lists of cities in Asia Lists of cities by nickname, Venice of the East Venice-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice Of The North
The following is a list of settlements nicknamed Venice of the North. The term ''Venice of the North'' refers to various cities in Northern Europe that contain canals, comparing them to Venice, Italy, which is renowned for its canals, such as the Grand Canal (Venice), Grand Canal. Some of these nicknames, e.g. in the case of Amsterdam, date back centuries, while others like Birmingham are recently given and invented as self-promotion by the cities' own residents or representatives. List See also * Little Venice (other), Little Venice * Monasterevin, Irish town nicknamed "Venice of Ireland" * Paris of the North, a related sobriquet * Venezuela, country whose name means "Little Venice" * Venice of the East * Venice of the South and Venice of Africa, the nicknames for the village of Ganvie in Benin References {{Reflist Lists of cities by nickname Venice-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice Of The East
The following is a list of places which have been nicknamed Venice of the East (a reference to the city of Venice, Italy). List Similar * Kampong Phluk * Ko Panyi See also * Venezuela, country whose name means "Little Venice" * Venice of the North The following is a list of settlements nicknamed Venice of the North. The term ''Venice of the North'' refers to various cities in Northern Europe that contain canals, comparing them to Venice, Italy, which is renowned for its canals, such as the ... * Venice of the South * Little Venice * Paris of the East * Paris of the West * Little Paris References {{reflist, colwidth=30em Lists of cities in Asia Venice of the East Venice-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice Of Portugal
Aveiro () is a city and a municipality in Portugal. In 2021, the population was 80,880, in an area of : it is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal (after Coimbra). Along with the neighbouring city of Ílhavo, Aveiro is part of an urban agglomeration that includes 120,000 inhabitants, making it one of the most important populated regions by density in the North Region, and primary centre of the Intermunicipal Community of Aveiro and Baixo Vouga. Administratively, the president of the municipal government is José Ribau Esteves, elected by coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Social Centre, who governs the ten civil parishes (). History The presence of human settlement in the territory of Aveiro extends to the period associated with the great dolmens of pre-history, which exist in most of the region. The Latinised toponym ‘'Averius'’ derived from the Celtic word ''aber'' (river-mouth, etym.< Brythonic *aber < Proto-Celtic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice Of Cieszyn
Venice of Cieszyn () is a part of the Old Town in Cieszyn, Poland. It is a section of contemporary Przykopa Street (formerly ''Nad Młynówką'') which comprises buildings from the 18th-19th century, many of them with bridges over the course of Młynówka (an artificial canal). In the past the buildings over Młynówka belonged to craftsmen: tanners, weavers, clothiers, leather-dressers and smiths, who needed constant access to water for their craft. It is the area between the intersection of Przykopa Street and Jan Łyska Avenue and the corner of Przykopa and Schodowa streets. The origin of the name It is unknown when exactly the name Venice of Cieszyn entered everyday language. The term is based on a comparison of the street in Cieszyn located near an artificial watercourse with its several bridges over the canal to numerous canals of Italian Venice. There is no official document which would refer to the matter but it is assumed that this term emerged in the second half of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale ( ) is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and most populous city in Broward County, Florida, Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the tenth-most populous city in Florida. After Miami and Hialeah, Florida, Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale is the third-most populous city in the Miami metropolitan area, Miami Metro Area, which had a population of 6,166,488 in 2019. Built in 1838 and first incorporated in 1911, Fort Lauderdale is named after a series of forts built by the United States during the Second Seminole War. The forts took their name from Major William Lauderdale (1782–1838), younger brother of Lieutenant Colonel James Lauderdale. Development of the city did not begin until 50 years after the forts were abandoned at the end of the conflict. Three forts named "Fort Lauderdale" were constructed including the first at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Venice
The Marais Poitevin () or Poitevin Marsh is a large area of marshland in the former province of Poitou in western France. It is a remnant of what was the former . The western zone near the sea (about two-thirds of the area) is called the "dry marsh" (or "dried marsh"). It is used for farming and livestock breeding. The eastern zone, called the "wet marsh", is a maze of islets crisscrossed by picturesque canals, primarily now a tourist destination for boating. It is nicknamed The Green Venice (''la Venise Verte''). Overview With an area of , this is the largest marsh on France's Atlantic coast and the second largest of the country, after the Camargue in Provence. The Marais Poitevin is the most important area of angelica cultivation in France. Extending across three departments (Vendée, Deux-Sèvres, and Charente-Maritime), it is situated west of Niort, north of La Rochelle, and south of Fontenay-le-Comte. In 1979 the Marais Poitevin was declared a Regional Natural Park (), i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recife
Recife ( , ) is the Federative units of Brazil, state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of South America. It is the largest urban area within both the North Region, Brazil, North and the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil. It is the largest city in Pernambuco state, and the fourth-largest urban area in all of Brazil; the Metropolitan area, metro population of the city of Recife was 3,726,974 in 2022. Recife was founded in 1537, serving as the main harbor of the Captaincy of Pernambuco—known for its Brazilian sugar cycle, large-scale production of sugar cane. At one point, it was known as Mauritsstad, when it served as the capital city of the 17th century colony of New Holland (Brazil), New Holland of Dutch Brazil (founded by the Dutch West India Company). Situated at the confluence of the Beberibe River, Beberibe and Capibaribe River, Capibaribe rivers, before they drain into the South Atlantic Ocean, Recife is a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
