Venice is one of Italy's most visited destinations, a captivating city crisscrossed by ancient waterways. Old buildings and grand palaces rise from the water, adding to the timeless feel of the place.
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Venice is so popular among tourists from all over the world, for its romantic canals, the bridges, the gondolas crossing the Grand Canal and the Carnival celebrations. Venice is also called 'la Serenissima' (the Most Serene), the 'City of Water' or the 'City of Canals'.
Venice's unique architectureOn top of the wooden poles, they built wooden platforms, and then on top of that, they constructed their buildings — all of which means that Venice is basically built on wood and water. The idea of 4–5 story buildings sitting on pilings pounded into mud is pretty fascinating.
Originally, it was thought that 5th century Venetians were forced to flee from the mainland because of conquerors and invaders. The idea was that building Venice on top of its lagoons provided protections that the original settlers sought after.
Who visits Venice the most? Tourists from Europe make up 39.3% of all tourist arrivals in Venice. Meanwhile, the USA contributed 844 thousand arrivals, or 15.3% of the overall figure in 2019.