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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Othello (play) setting Venice
subject surface form: Othello
Marangona locatedIn Venice
Marangona city Venice
Volpi Cup awards location Venice
Paolo Uccello workLocation Venice
Kate Croy settingOfWork Venice
Winged lion symbolOf Venice
Winged lion emblemOf Venice
Jeffrey Aspern settingOfLegacy Venice
this entity surface form: Venice, Italy
Venice Canals (nearby) inspiredBy Venice
subject surface form: Venice Canals Historic District
this entity surface form: Venice, Italy
Patriarch of Venice city Venice
Peggy Guggenheim residence Venice
The Venetian Las Vegas themedAfter Venice
this entity surface form: Venice, Italy
Don't Look Now (1973 film) setting Venice
subject surface form: Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now (1973 film) filmLocation Venice
subject surface form: Don't Look Now
this entity surface form: Venice, Italy
The Venetian Macao theme Venice
Alfredo in Verdi's "La traviata" premiereCityOfWork Venice
subject surface form: Alfredo Germont
Marie Taglioni residence Venice
Venice of America modeledAfter Venice
this entity surface form: Venice, Italy