Veneto

Veneto is one of the twenty regions of Italy, in northeastern Italy on the Adriatic Sea. The capital is Venice.

Geography

The region is in Northeast Italy, bordered to the north by the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region (and Austria in the northeastern corner), to the east by the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, to the southeast and south by the Adriatic Sea, to the southwest by the Emilia-Romagna region, and to the west by the Lombardy region.

Veneto is the 8th largest region in Italy, with a total area of 18,407.42 km² (7,107.1 sq mi).^[4] The main river in the region is the Po. The highest mountain in the region is Marmolada (46°26′4″N 11°51′5″E / 46.43444°N 11.85139°E / 46.43444; 11.85139 (Marmolada)), in the Belluno province, with an altitude of 3,342 m (10,965 ft).^[5]

Veneto is divided in a Metropolitan City (Venice) and six provinces:

Provinces of the Veneto region
Province	Area^[4] (km²)	Population^[2] (2017)	Density (inh./km²)	Comuni
Province of Belluno (BL)	3,672.26	205,781	56.0	64
Province of Padua (PD)	2,144.15	936,274	436.7	104
Province of Rovigo (RO)	1,819.35	238,588	131.1	50
Province of Treviso (TV)	2,479.83	885,972	357.3	95
Metropolitan City of Venice (VE)	2,472.91	854,275	345.5	44
Province of Verona (VR)	3,096.39	921,557	297.9	98
Province of Vicenza (VI)	2,722.53	865,082	317.7	120
Total	18,407.42	4,907,529	266.6	575

The 10 comuni with more people living in it are:

No.	Comuni	Province	Population^[2] (2017)	Area^[6] (km²)	Density (inh./km²)
1	Venice	VE	261,905	415.90	629.7
2	Verona	VR	257,353	198.92	1,293.8
3	Padua	PD	209,829	93.03	2.3
4	Vicenza	VI	112,198	80.57	1,392.6
5	Treviso	TV	83,950	55.58	1,510.4
6	Rovigo	RO	51,625	108.81	474.5
7	Chioggia	VE	49,650	187.91	264.2
8	Bassano del Grappa	VI	43,395	47.06	922.1
9	San Donà di Piave	VE	41,883	78.88	531.0
10	Schio	VI	39,219	66.21	592.3

The city of Venice, ranked many times as the most beautiful city in the world. It is the primary tourist destination and the capital of Veneto.
Lake Alleghe near Belluno
Cortina d'Ampezzo seen from Faloria.
The Piave River
The Venetian Lagoon at sunset
Flamingos in the delta of the Po river
The Tetrarchs were the four co-rulers who governed the Roman Empire as long as Diocletian's reform lasted. Here they are portrayed embracing, in a posture of harmony, in a porphyry sculpture dating from the 4th century, produced in Anatolia, located today on a corner of St Mark's Basilica in Venice.
The Horses of Saint Mark, brought as loot from Constantinople in 1204
The defence of the Carroccio during the battle of Legnano (1176) by Amos Cassioli (1832–1891)
An 18th-century view of Venice by Canaletto

↑ Il Presidente della Regione del Veneto (in Italian)Regione del Veneto. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Statistiche demografiche ISTAT (in Italian)Demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
↑ Eurostat – Tables, Graphs and Maps Interface (TGM) table (2011-03-11)Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Regione Veneto (in Italian)Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
↑ Marmolada, ItalyPeakbagger.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
↑ Comuni veneti per popolazione (in Italian)Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 2 October 2017.

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