Friday, August 31, 2012

Italia - Venice

Who hasn't heard of Venice ?!
According to Wiki, Venice (Venezia) is a city in northeast Italy sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. It is located between the Po and the Piave Rivers. Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. The city is listed as World Heritage Site, along with its lagoon.
Venice is the capital of the Veneto region. The population of the whole Comune of Venezia is estimated at 270000 inhabitants: around 60000 lives in the historic city of Venice, 176000 in Terraferma (Mestre and Marghera), 31000 live on other islands in the lagoon. Together with Padua and Treviso, the city is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE - population 1600000).
The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century BC.
Along the time, Venetia was a point of inspiration for others, for example, the name of Venezuela is a Spanish diminutive for Venice.
Venice is also known for its Carnival of Venice which is held annually in the city, and at the time I wrote these, in Venice takes place the Venice Film Festival founded in 1932, which took place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido.
Even if most people visited Venice at least once, I decided to put some pics that I shot...

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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Italia - Vittorio Veneto

According to Wiki, Vittorio Veneto is a city and comune situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of the Italian peninsula, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers.

The river Meschio passes down through the town from Serravalle through the district which bears its name. The north of Vittorio Veneto is straddled by mountains including the majestic Mt. Pizzoc, located at the south of the Alps.
In October 1918, Vittorio was the site of the last battle between Italy and Austria-Hungary during World War I. It led to the victory of Italy over the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austrian-Italian Armistice of Villa Giusti) effective on 4 November 1918. To recall this crucial victory, "Veneto" was attached to the city's name in 1923.


Next, images that I shot in Vittorio Veneto.

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