Venice is the Italian art cities with the largest influx of tourists: it is estimated that it is visited by about 19 million tourists each year and the period of maximum flow is at the Carnival. Inhabited by about 270000 people, Venice is the capital of the province and the Veneto region, located on 118 islands, separated by canals and channels and linked together by bridges: her peculiar structure routes take the name of wrinkles, calizade, streets and foundations, while squares (all except the famous Piazza San Marco) are called fields and squares.
In Venice can not move cars or motorcycles or bicycles is connected to the mainland by the Freedom Bridge, built in 1846, which gave the rail and highway node that connects the city with the A4 Serenissima, A27 , SS11, Padana Superior, the SS13 Pontebbiana, SS14 of Venezia Giulia and SS209 Romea; once arrived in Rome square, where there is the car can be left in a parking authorized to withdraw and return; from Piazzale Roma can arriving in the historic center on foot or by boat (with the public).
The whole city was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, one of the most important monuments we have to list the basilica Byzantine Greek cross of St. Mark, in the square along with the Ducal Palace, built in the fifteenth century to house the government the Serenissima, and connected to the church through the Porta della Carta, the Rialto Bridge, the Bridge of Sighs, the casino, the Teatro la Fenice, seals, ancient prisons located in the Venetian palazzo Ducale, the Clock Tower, basilicas of San Giorgio Maggiore and Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.
Among the events taking place in the city, in addition to Carnival remember the Biennale, the Vogalonga, the Feast of the Redeemer, the Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica, the festivities in honor of San Marco and the Venice Marathon.
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