Venice

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Venice is a historic Italian city built on a network of canals in a lagoon of the Adriatic Sea, renowned for its unique architecture, art, and maritime heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
commune of Italy
port city
tourist destination
capitalOf Veneto
climate humid subtropical climate
coordinateLatitude 45.4375
coordinateLongitude 12.3358
country Italy
demonym Venetian
elevationAboveSeaLevel 1 meter
foundedIn 5th century
governedBy Venice self-linksurface differs
surface form: Comune di Venezia
hasAirport Venice Marco Polo Airport
hasIsland Burano
Lido di Venezia
Murano
Torcello
hasLandmark Bridge of Sighs
Doge's Palace
La Fenice Theatre
Rialto Bridge
St Mark's Basilica
St Mark's Square
hasMayor Luigi Brugnaro
hasPopulation approximately 250000
hasProject MOSE flood barrier system
hasRailwayStation Venezia Santa Lucia railway station
hasUniversity Ca' Foscari University of Venice
IUAV University of Venice
hasWaterway Giudecca Canal
Grand Canal
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageDesignationDate 1987
historicalRole capital of the Republic of Venice
major maritime power
hostsEvent Venice Biennale
Venice Film Festival
knownFor Carnival
surface form: Carnival of Venice

Renaissance art
Venetian glass
Venetian masks
canals
historic architecture
maritime heritage
locatedIn Venetian Lagoon
Veneto
Northern Italy
surface form: northern Italy
locatedOn Adriatic Sea
officialLanguage Italian
patronSaint Mark the Evangelist
surface form: Saint Mark the Evangelist
religion Roman Catholicism
risk flooding
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
transportMode gondola
vaporetto

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Pellestrina locatedNear Venice
Venice of the East inspiredBy Venice
this entity surface form: Venice, Italy
Renato Di Rossi residence Venice
Wilhelm Tempel residence Venice
Piazza Venezia namedAfter Venice
Little Venice district nameInspiredBy Venice
this entity surface form: Venice, Italy
Leona Samish settingOfStory Venice
this entity surface form: Venice, Italy
Willem Drost workLocation Venice
Gae hasWorkLocation Venice
subject surface form: Gae Aulenti
Inferno (novel) setIn Venice
Italo connectsCity Venice
Helenio Herrera deathPlace Venice
Venice of Haná inspiredBy Venice
Italian rite practicedIn Venice
Venetian Senate capital Venice
Council of Ten locatedIn Venice