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Burano

For the village in central Italy, see Gubbio Burano is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy; like Venice itself, it could more correctly be called an archipelago of four islands linked by bridges. It is situated near Torcello at the northern end of the Lagoon, and is known for its lacework and brightly coloured homes.

Located at 45.4833, 12.4167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.232 miles away.
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Frazioni of the Province of Venice, Geography of Venice, Islands of the Venetian Lagoon, Former municipalities of Veneto

Isola di San Michele

San Michele is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It is associated with the sestiere of Cannaregio, from which it lies a short distance northeast. Along with neighbouring San Cristoforo della Pace, the island was a popular place for local travellers and fishermen to land. Mauro Codussi's Chiesa di San Michele in Isola of 1469, the first Renaissance church in Venice, and a monastery lie on the island, which also served for a time as a prison.

Located at 45.4469, 12.3472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.229 miles away.
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Geography of Venice, Burials at Isola di San Michele, Cemeteries in Italy, Islands of the Venetian Lagoon

Torcello

Torcello is a quiet and sparsely populated island at the northern end of the Venetian Lagoon. It is the oldest continuously populated region of Venice, and once held the largest population of the Republic of Venice.

Located at 45.5, 12.4167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.234 miles away.
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Frazioni of the Province of Venice, Geography of Venice, Islands of the Venetian Lagoon

Murano

Murano is a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It lies about 1.5 km north of Venice and measures about 1.5 km across with a population of just over 5,000 (2004 figures). It is famous for its glass making, particularly lampworking. It was once an independent comune, but is now a frazione of the comune of Venice.

Located at 45.4583, 12.3533 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.230 miles away.
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Islands of the Venetian Lagoon, Geography of Venice, Frazioni of the Province of Venice, Former municipalities of Veneto

Venice Marco Polo Airport

Venice Marco Polo Airport is an airport located on the Italian mainland 4.3 nautical miles north of Venice, Italy, in Tessera, a Frazione of the Comune of Venice nearest to Mestre. The airport was named after the Venetian traveller Marco Polo, whose book introduced Central Asia and China to Europeans.

Located at 45.5053, 12.3519 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.233 miles away.
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Year of establishment missing, Transport in Venice, Airports in Italy

San Pietro di Castello (island)

San Pietro di Castello is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, forming part of the Castello sestiere. It is linked to the main islands of Venice by two bridges.

Located at 45.4339, 12.36 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.228 miles away.
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Islands of the Venetian Lagoon

Mazzorbo

Mazzorbo is an island in the northern Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, linked to Burano by a bridge. It was once an important trading centre but is now known for its vineyards and orchards. Its main attraction is the fourteenth century Church of Santa Caterina, and there is also a brightly painted housing development, designed in 1979 by Giancarlo De Carlo.

Located at 45.4869, 12.4092 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.233 miles away.
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Geography of Venice, Islands of the Venetian Lagoon

Venetian Arsenal

The Venetian Arsenal (Italian: Arsenale di Venezia) was a complex of state-owned shipyards and armories clustered together in Venice in northern Italy. It was responsible for the bulk of Venice's naval power during the middle part of the second millennium AD. It was "one of the earliest large-scale industrial enterprises in history".

Located at 45.4353, 12.3531 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.228 miles away.
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Shipyards of Europe, Buildings and structures in Venice, History of Venice after 1797, Republic of Venice, Ship construction

Sant'Erasmo

Sant'Erasmo is an island in the Venetian Lagoon lying north of the Lido and north east of Venice, Italy. The island was a port attached to Murano in the 8th century, but is now known for market gardening. Ruined fortifications, including the so-called Torre Massimiliana (Tower of Maximilian), ring the isle. Forts existed in the island as early as the 16th century. After the fall of the Republic of Venice, the French built here a stronghold in 1811-1814.

Located at 45.4544, 12.4078 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.230 miles away.
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Forts in Italy, Islands of the Venetian Lagoon

Province of Venice

The Province of Venice (Provincia di Venezia) is a province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Venice. It has an area of 2,467 km², and a total population of 865,000 (2012). There are 44 comuni in the province http://www. upinet. it/indicatore. asp?id_statistiche=6. As of 2005, the main comuni by population are:

Located at 45.45, 12.4 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.230 miles away.
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Province of Venice, Provinces of Italy

Sant'Elena

Sant'Elena is an island of Venice. It lies at the eastern tip of the main island group and forms part of sestiere of Castello. The original island was separated by an arm of the Venetian Lagoon from Venice itself, and was centred on the Church of Sant'Elena and its monastery, originally built in the twelfth century and rebuilt in the 15th. The island has since been expanded to fill in the gap and is linked by Venice by three bridges.

Located at 45.4272, 12.365 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.228 miles away.
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Geography of Venice, Islands of the Venetian Lagoon

Altinum

Altinum is the name of an ancient coastal town of the Veneti 15 km SE of the modern Treviso, northern Italy, on the edge of the lagoons. Located on the eastern coast of that nation, at the mouth of the river Silis, it was first destroyed by Attila in 452 and gradually abandoned by its inhabitants, who sought refuge in the islands of the lagoon, such as Torcello and Burano, in the area where later Venice would be built. Altino has today some 100 inhabitants and a historical museum.

Located at 45.5464, 12.3989 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.236 miles away.
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Frazioni of the Province of Venice, Archaeological sites in Italy

Stadio Pierluigi Penzo

Stadio Pierluigi Penzo is a multi-use stadium in Venice, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of F.B.C. Unione Venezia. The football opposing teams and fans have to come by boat or train.

Located at 45.4278, 12.3637 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.228 miles away.
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F.B.C. Unione Venezia, Football venues in Italy, Buildings and structures in Venice, Sports venues in Veneto

San Michele in Isola

San Michele in Isola is a Roman Catholic church in Venice, northern Italy, located on the Isola di San Michele which houses the cemetery of the city. It was rebuilt from 1469 onwards and is dedicated to Saint Michael, the holder of the scales on Judgement Day, a fit guardian of the sleep of the faithful dead.

Located at 45.4487, 12.3469 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.229 miles away.
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Churches in Venice, 1460s architecture, Renaissance architecture in Venice

Giardini della Biennale (Venice)

The Venice giardini is an area of parkland in the historic city of Venice which hosts the Venice Biennale Art Festival, a major part of the city's cultural biennale. The gardens were created by Napoleon Bonaparte who drained an area of marshland in order to create a public garden on the banks of the Bacino di San Marco which is a narrow stretch of water dividing the gardens from St. Mark's Square and the Doge's Palace. The gardens contain 30 permanent pavilions.

Located at 45.4292, 12.3569 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.228 miles away.
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Geography of Venice, Gardens in Veneto, Visitor attractions in Venice

Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta

The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a basilica church on the island of Torcello, Venice, northern Italy. It is a notable example of Venetian-Byzantine architecture, one of the most ancient religious edifices in the Veneto. According to an ancient inscription, it was founded by the exarch Isaac of Ravenna in 639. The original church is believed to have had a nave with one aisle on each side and a single apse on the eastern wall of the cathedral.

Located at 45.4982, 12.4193 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.234 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Venice, 630s architecture, Byzantine architecture, 7th-century church buildings

Church of Santa Maria e San Donato

The Church of Santa Maria e San Donato is a religious edifice located in Murano, northern Italy. It is known for its twelfth century Byzantine mosaic pavement and is said to contain the relics of Saint Donatus of Arezzo as well as large bones behind the altar said to be the bones of a dragon slain by the saint.

Located at 45.4574, 12.3572 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.230 miles away.
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Churches in Venice

Grand Hotel des Bains

The Grand Hotel des Bains is a hotel on the Lido of Venice, northern Italy. Built in 1900 to attract wealthy tourists, it is remembered amongst other things for Thomas Mann's stay there in 1911, which inspired his novella Death in Venice. Luchino Visconti's film of the novel was shot there in 1971. The hotel was also used as Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo in the 1996 film The English Patient. Diaghilev died at the hotel in 1929.

Located at 45.4133, 12.3747 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.227 miles away.
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Hotels in Italy, Buildings and structures in Venice, Hotel buildings completed in 1900, Companies based in Venice

San Pietro di Castello (church)

The Basilica di San Pietro di Castello (English: Basilica of St Peter of Castello), commonly called San Pietro di Castello, is a Roman Catholic minor basilica of the Patriarch of Venice located in the Castello sestiere of the Italian city of Venice. The present building dates from the 16th century, but a church has stood on the site since at least the 7th century. From 1451 to 1807, it was the city's cathedral church, serving as both the spiritual and administrative centre of religious Venice.

Located at 45.4345, 12.3599 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.228 miles away.
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Churches in Venice, Andrea Palladio buildings

San Francesco del Deserto

San Francesco del Deserto is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, with a surface of some 4 ha. It is located between Sant'Erasmo and Burano. It houses a minorites convent.

Located at 45.4731, 12.4169 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.232 miles away.
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Geography of Venice, Islands of the Venetian Lagoon

La Certosa

La Certosa is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It is located north-east of Venice, less than 250 meters from San Pietro di Castello and little more than 500 meters from the Venice; a ca. 20 m-wide channel separates it from the Vignole island. La Certosa has a surface of some 22 ha.

Located at 45.4333, 12.3667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.228 miles away.
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Islands of the Venetian Lagoon

Vignole

For the comune in the province of Alessandria, see Vignole Borbera Vignole (also Le Vignole) is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, with a surface of some 69.20 ha. It is located north-east to Venice, between the Sant'Erasmo and La Certosa islands. Vignole is actually formed by the two distinct islands, connected by a bridge. Like Sant'Erasmo, it houses a scanty population, most of which work in the agriculture field.

Located at 45.4422, 12.3742 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.229 miles away.
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Islands of the Venetian Lagoon

Sant'Andrea (Venetian Lagoon)

Sant'Andrea is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It houses the Forte di Sant'Andrea, a large fortress built in the 16th century to defend Venice. Sant'Andrea constitutes a prolongation of the island of Vignole, from which it is separated by a narrow channel, towards the Porto di San Nicolò on the Lido, between Venice's Island and the island of Sant'Erasmo.

Located at 45.4346, 12.3811 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.229 miles away.
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Islands of the Venetian Lagoon

San Pietro Martire (Murano)

San Pietro Martire English: St. Peter Martyr) is a Roman catholic parish church in Murano, near Venice, northern Italy.

Located at 45.4551, 12.3526 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.230 miles away.
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Churches in Venice, 1510s architecture, Renaissance architecture in Venice

Santa Maria degli Angeli (Murano)

Santa Maria degli Angeli is a church in Murano, an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy.

Located at 45.4586, 12.3489 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.230 miles away.
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Churches in Venice, Renaissance architecture in Venice, 16th-century architecture