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Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
's Lido is an 11-mile (18 km) long sandbar
Bar (landform)

A shoal or sandbar is a somewhat linear landform within or extending into a body of water, typically composed of sand, silt or small pebbles....
, home to about 20,000 residents, greatly augmented by the (mainly Italian) tourists who move in every summer.






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Venice
Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
's Lido is an 11-mile (18 km) long sandbar
Bar (landform)

A shoal or sandbar is a somewhat linear landform within or extending into a body of water, typically composed of sand, silt or small pebbles....
, home to about 20,000 residents, greatly augmented by the (mainly Italian) tourists who move in every summer. The Venice film festival
Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido di Venezia, Venice, Italy....
 takes place at the Lido every September.

Geography

The island is home to three settlements. The Lido itself, in the north, is home to the Film Festival, the Grand Hotel des Bains
Grand Hotel des Bains

The Grand Hotel des Bains is a hotel on the Lido of Venice. Built in 1900 to attract wealthy tourists, it is remembered among other things for Thomas Mann's stay there in 1911, which inspired his novella Death in Venice....
, the Venice Casino and the Grand Hotel Excelsior. Malamocco, in the centre, is the first and for a long time the only settlement. It was at one time home to the Doge of Venice
Doge of Venice

The Doge was the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice for over a thousand years. Doges of Venice were elected for life by the city-state's aristocracy....
. Alberoni
Alberoni

Alberoni as a surname is an uncommon family name. It has been found in less than 200 families most with heritage in the province of Piacenza ....
 at the southern end is home to the golf course
Golf course

A golf course consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, Golf course#Fairway and rough, rough and other hazards, and a green with a pin and cup, all designed for the game of golf....
.

At least half the Adriatic side of the island is constituted by a sandy beach, much of which belongs to the various hotels that house the summer tourists. These include the renowned Excelsior
Excelsior

Excelsior, a Latin language word meaning "superior", "lordly", "ever upward", can refer to any of the following:...
 and the Des Bains, setting for Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann

Paul Thomas Mann was a German literature, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature, known for his series of highly symbolic and irony epic novels and novellas, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual....
's classic novel Death in Venice
Death in Venice

The novella Death in Venice was written by the German author Thomas Mann, and was first published in 1912 as Der Tod in Venedig.. It was first published in English in 1925 as Death in Venice and Other Stories, translated by Kenneth Burke....
. These beaches are private, though towards the northern and southern ends of the island there are two enormous public beaches. The Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges....
 is fairly clean and warm, ideal for children, with only the occasional jellyfish
Jellyfish

Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. They have several different morphologies that represent several different cnidarian classes including the Scyphozoa , Staurozoa , Cubozoa , and Hydrozoa ....
 to disturb swimming.

The heart of the island is the Gran Viale Santa Maria Elisabetta, a wide street approximately 700 m long that leads from the lagoon on one side to the sea on the other. It houses hotels, shops, and tourist-centric restaurants. At the lagoon
Venetian Lagoon

The Venetian Lagoon is the enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea in which the city of Venice is situated. Its name in the Venetian language language, Laguna Veneta? cognate of Latin lacus, "lake"? has provided the international name for an enclosed, shallow embayment of saltwater, a lagoon....
 end of the Gran Viale, you find the boats that connect to Venice
Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
 (15'), the mainland (35'), the islands and the Marco Polo
Marco Polo International Airport

Venice Marco Polo Airport is an airport located on the Italian mainland near Venice, Italy, in Tessera, a frazione of the comune nearest to Mestre....
 airport (60').

History

In 1202 at the beginning of the Fourth Crusade
Fourth Crusade

The Fourth Crusade was originally designed to conquer Islam Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. Instead, in April 1204, the Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and conquered the Christianity city of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire....
, it was used as a camp by tens of thousands of crusaders, who were blockaded there by the Venetians when they could not pay for the Venetian ships they needed for transport.

The island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
's casino
Casino

A casino is, in the modern sense of the word, a facility that houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships and other tourist attractions....
 has recently closed down—it used to operate in the summer months, moving to Ca' Vendramin Calergi
Ca' Vendramin Calergi

Ca' Vendramin Calergi is a palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Other names by which it is known include: Palazzo Vendramin Calergi, Palazzo Loredan Vendramin Calergi, and Palazzo Loredan Griman Calergi Vendramin. The architecturally distinguished building was the home of many prominent people through history, and is re...
 in Venice
Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
 for the winter.

Legacy

The term Lido, from this island, is used to refer to certain types of swimming pools
Lido (swimming pool)

A lido, in the United Kingdom, Portugal and some other countries, refers to a public outdoor swimming pool and surrounding facilities, or part of a beach where people can swim, Sunlight#Sunbathing or participate in water sports....
, and the "Lido decks" on cruise ship
Cruise ship

File:MSMajestyOfTheSeasEdit1.JPGA cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience....
s.

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