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A city of canals, gondolas, masks and glass. Ten questions about the floating city in the north of Italy.
Lost in the alleys 0–4 · Gondola regular 5–8 · Honorary Venetian 9–10
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Venice lies in the north-east of Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. Croatia is just across the water.
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A gondolier stands at the back and rows with a single oar. Feluccas are real boats too, with a sail, but you find them on the Nile in Egypt.
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The city is spread over about 118 small islands in a lagoon, linked by more than 400 bridges.
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During the Carnival of Venice, in the weeks before Lent, the streets fill with masks and costumes. The Palio is a famous horse race, but it is held in Siena.
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The stone Rialto Bridge was finished in 1591 and has shops on both sides. The Bridge of Sighs is a small covered bridge that once led to the prison.
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Marco Polo spent years in Asia, and the book about his travels made Europeans dream of China. Columbus came from Genoa, another Italian port city.
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The Grand Canal curves through the city in a big S-shape, lined with old palaces. Water buses, taxis and gondolas use it like a main street.
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Glassmakers have worked on Murano for more than 700 years. Lace is the speciality of Burano, the island with the brightly painted houses.
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Acqua alta means high water. Especially in autumn and winter, the tide can rise so high that St Mark's Square floods, and people walk on raised wooden walkways.
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Builders hammered wooden poles into the mud of the lagoon. Under water and without air, the wood hardly rots, so many of those poles have held up the city for centuries.
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