Those that survived the longest were in the more rugged regions, such as Florence or Venice, which was protected by its lagoon.

Elementa Geometriae 1482, Venice.

The lagoon is the largest wetland in the Mediterranean Basin.

Venice also declared its independence from Austria.

However, old republics such as Venice and Genoa were not recreated, Venice went to Austria, and Genoa went to the Kingdom of Sardinia.

In Venice, there are always lots of tourists.

We were discussing Thomas Mann s Death in Venice.

They say that Venice is a beautiful city.

He told me he would go to Venice.

To swim to the other island, Sami had to cross a shark infested lagoon.

He died in Venice at the age of 73.

In 1420, it was conquered by the Republic of Venice.

Venice is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States.

It will continue to move towards beautiful decay Venice writ large.

Thomas Mann wrote the novel Death in Venice , published in 1912.

In exchange Prussia would allow Italy to annex Austrian controlled Venice.

St Mark's Square in Venice is always swarming with tourists in the summer.

The siege was raised after the arrival of Scaramuccia da Forlì from Venice.

He returned home by car and aeroplane, through Basra, Baghdad, Cairo, and Venice.

Genoa replaced Venice in the monopoly of commerce with the Black Sea territories.

During the Fourth Crusade (1204), Venice conquered a quarter of the Byzantine Empire.

Unfortunately though, a young calf was unlucky enough to get stuck in the mud when visiting the lagoon recently.

Unfortunately though, a young calf was unlucky enough to get stuck in the mud when visiting the lagoon recently.

Over the last few years several resorts have been built on motu (small islands, from Tahitian) surrounding the lagoon.

The major settlement, Vaitape, is on the western side of the main island, opposite the main channel into the lagoon.

Canals were developed in the Middle Ages in Europe in Venice and the Netherlands.

It comprised most of northern and central Italy, but excluded the Republic of Venice.

The opinion of the Venice Commission is scheduled to be adopted in March 2005.

Areas of the NATURA Network 2000 The river Nestos delta and Keramoti lagoon (Α11500010) and Lakes and lagoons of Thrace (A11300009)

Ivano Bordon (born 13 April 1951 in Venice) is an Italian former football (soccer) goalkeeper.

It is a copper engraved map and was published in Venice or Florence in 1506.

Spain and Portugal were not happy to pay the high price that Venice demanded for spices.

The Golden Lion () is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival.

It was shown in the out of competition section at the 70th Venice International Film Festival.

Sixteenth century Venice turned the wealth of the spice trade into the canvases of Titian and Tintoretto.

Venice fortified Padua with new walls, built between 1507 and 1544, with a series of monumental gates.

The film had its premiere on August 27, 2008, when it opened the 2008 Venice Film Festival.

By the end of the 14th century, Venice had become one of the richest states in Europe.

Venice continued to fight bitterly with the Ottoman Empire for control of outposts in the eastern Mediterranean.

Venice, aware of its major economic and military power, disliked competition from other maritime cities in the Adriatic.

Ravenna was ruled by Venice until 1509, when the area was invaded in the course of the Italian Wars.

Giustiniano Participazio ( died 829) was the eleventh (traditional) or ninth (historical) Doge of Venice from 825 to his death.

The lagoon of Khniss used to have a particularly rich marine biodiversity that until a recent past sustained pretty well the livelihood of local fishermen families.

Music The city of Venice in Italy has played an important role in the development of the music of Italy.

Born in Verona, Republic of Venice and educated at Padua where at 19 he was appointed professor at the University.