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Photos - Venice (Italy) |
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Venice, which is often nicknamed "Queen of the Adriatic", stretches across numerous small islands in the marshy Venetian lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy between the mouths of the rivers Po and Piave. The historic city of Venice has about 60000 inhabitants, another 30000 people live on other islands in the lagoon.
The buildings of Venice are constructed on closely spaced wooden piles which penetrate alternating layers of clay and sand. Most of these piles are still intact after centuries of submersion, since wood does not decay in absence of oxygen. The foundations rest on the piles, and buildings of brick or stone sit above these footings.... If you are planning to visit Venice you may be interested in having a quick look at several photos of it. Click on the links below to view the pictures. We have taken any attempt to provide exact (GPS-based) coordinates of the positions where the photos have been taken. |
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| Canale Grande - Palazzo - Palazzo Foscari - Canale Grande - Small Channel - Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute - Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti - Palazzo Ferro Fini - San Giorgio Maggiore - Piazza San Marco - Doge's Palace - Byzantine Horse Statues - Piazza San Marco - Piazzetta dei Leoncini - Ceiling of St. Marc's Basilica - St Mark's Basilica and Campanile - San Michele - Main Entrance of San Michele - Sestiere Castello - Sestiere Cannaregio - Pontoon Bridge - Chiesa del Redentore - Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute - End of the Canale Grande - Graveyard at San Michele - Burano - Burano - Burano - The Lagon of Venice - Lagoon of Venice - Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari - Rialto Bridge - Detail of the Canale Grande Water Line - Canale Grande seen from Rialto Bridge - San Giorgio Maggiore - Doge's Palace - Piazza San Marco seen from San Giorgio - Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute - The Campanile and the Doge's Palace - Bridge of Sighs - Lighthouse of San Giorgio - Chiesa del Redentore | |
 Here you see the bay of Venice from space. Image courtesy of NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. |
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