Venice
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Italian Venezia. a seaport in NE Italy, built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice.
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Gulf of, the N arm of the Adriatic Sea.
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a town in SW Florida.
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The city houses the famous paintings of such Venetian masters as Titian, Tintoretto, and Paolo Veronese.
Some of the city's landmarks are Saint Mark's Square, on which sits the Basilica of Saint Mark, the Bell Tower, the Palace of the Doges (the former rulers of the city), and the Academy of Fine Arts.
Venice was sinking an average of one-fifth of an inch yearly until the middle 1970s, when the government restricted use of water from the city's underground wells.
Instead of streets, Venice has canals, the Grand Canal serving as its main canal. People use gondolas and other boats to move about the city.
Venice was governed as a republic for hundreds of years and long dominated trade between Europe and the Middle East.
Venice is a tourist, commercial, and industrial center and one of Italy's major ports.
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Birmingham defeated Venice 6-0 for the chance to play the Royals on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times
“My real preference would be a fully staffed LAPD, and then we don’t have any cameras,” said Jim Fitzgerald, who lives in Venice and serves on its neighborhood council.
From Los Angeles Times
The fracture -- coming just over a week after she had ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee -- sent Vonn to the Ca' Foncello hospital in the city of Treviso, north of Venice.
From Barron's
I ran into her later that fall in Venice.
From Los Angeles Times
The idea for the character emerged when Beano's editor heard a musical hall song with the chorus "I'm Dennis the Menace from Venice" and ordered a character to fit the name.
From BBC
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