Country : Italy

Region : veneto
Province : Metropolitan City of Venice
Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of
the Venetoregion. It is sited on a group of 117 small islands that are
separated by canals and linked by bridges. These are located in the
marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline. The
whole pensolon (municipality) is divided into 6 boroughs.

Sestieri of Venice:
      Cannaregio;       Castello;       Dorsoduro;      San
Marco;       San Polo;       Santa Croce
The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the
region by the 10th century BC. The city was historically the capital of
the Republic of Venice. After the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress
of Vienna, the Republic was annexed by the Austrian Empire, until it
became part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1866.
Everyone knows Venice is built on water, it’s full of bridges and
canals so Venice has been known as city of bridge. You can easily get
around the city either by walking, using the public transport service
called the Vaporetto (water bus), hopping on a water taxi, a much
more expensive but unique experience. The best-known form of
transport on the waterways of Venice is the gondola. There are a
little over 400 gondoliers in Venice . No trip to Venice would be
complete without a punt down one of the city’s picturesque
waterways in an iconic gondola. Many writers have described the
romance of Venice by gondola, and many tourists are still willing to
pay high prices to be rowed at twilight through the canals to the
singing of a gondolier. 
The Carnival of Venice is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy.
The Carnival ends with the Christian celebration of Lent, forty days
before Easter, on Shrove Tuesday (Martedi' Grasso or Mardi Gras),
the day before Ash Wednesday. The festival is world-famed for its
elaborate masks. 3 million visitors come to Venice every year for the
Carnival.[One of the most important events is the contest for la "the
most beautiful mask” which will be judged by a panel of international
costume and fashion designers.
During the Carnival period Venice offered numerous possibilities for spending money. The choices were various,
with activities such as gambling dens, brothels, theatres, cafés, wine shops (licensed and illicit) and restaurants,
as well as booths w
The Venice Carnival is the most internationally known festival celebrated in Venice, Italy, as well as being one of
the oldest. This congregation of masked people, called Venice Carnival, began in the 15th century, but the
tradition can be traced back to the beginning of the 14th Century.
here one could see exotic animals, ropewalkers and jugglers. Among Italy’s most beloved carnivals,
particular mention goes to the Carnival of Venice. Today the Carnival of Venice is an evocative
and much-anticipated popular fest, unique in terms of its history, its masks and its
atmosphere. Highly-reputed and appreciated in all the world, it brings thousands of tourists to
Italy every year. 
During the Lagoon’s two-week Carnival celebration, all can watch and take part in the numerous
events and displays filling the piazzas and main waterways of the city.