Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venèsia) is a city in north-eastern Italy. The city was founded in the fifth century and is built on 118 small islands. Known worldwide for its historic centre with its many ancient buildings, bridges and canals, Venice is a major tourist attraction.
Located on the Adriatic Sea, the city was Western Europe's gateway to the Silk Road for centuries and played an important role in European history. Venice brought Europe innovations such as exchange and credit banks, accounting, bond markets and major improvements in shipbuilding. From Asia and Egypt, techniques around sugar cane, silk, glass blowing and jewellery were introduced. Since 1987, the city of Venice and its lagoon have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The municipality of Venice officially had 254,850 inhabitants on 31 December 2021, of whom 50,434 lived in the historic centre of the city of Venice itself (centro storico), 26,795 on other islands belonging to the municipality, and 177,621 on the mainland, mainly in Mestre.[2] It is the capital of the Veneto region.
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