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A Sampler of the Veneto

A region of NE Italy: 18,392 square kilometers. 2002 population: 4,530,000. Capital: Venice.
A scene of a narrow street, taken thru a dark archway. It is a view of Chioggia, in the Veneto (Italy).

One of the narrow calli of Chioggia.

The Veneto is a 7-province region of NE Italy, geographically diverse — from the swamps and lowlands of the Po, the Adige, and other small rivers as they approach the Adriatic, to the high Alps of the Austrian border — but historically unified by its allegiance to its capital Venice.

I'm hardly an expert on the area: I've spent a grand total of not quite two days in the Veneto (see my account of that trip in my diary starting May 17, 2004); but if everyone shared the information we have, the world would be a better place, so here's mine:

[image ALT: A view of the Piazza Garibaldi in Rovigo (Veneto, central Italy).]

[ 2 pages, 2 photos, plus those in my diary ]

The provincial capital of Rovigo is a pleasant open town, in which I once spent most of an afternoon.

[image ALT: A view of the Canale Vena in Chioggia (Veneto, central Italy).]

[ 2 pages, 2 photos, plus those in my diary ]

The island city of Chioggia — a working fishing port with several canals — is a beautiful place I hope to go back to some day.

[image ALT: A view of fishing huts on the Adriatic coast in Sottomarina (Veneto, central Italy).]

[ 1 page, 2 photos, plus those in my diary ]

The island resort town of Sottomarina, until recently a frazione of the neighboring island comune of Chioggia, is not all beach cabins and hotels: it has some surprises.

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