Venice lagoon
The Venetian Lagoon, also Venice Lagoon or Lagoon of Venice, is an enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea, in northern Italy, in which the city of Venice is situated.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lagoon
- Description: enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea
- Also known as: “Lagoon of Venice”, “Lagoon of Venice, bassi fondali”, “Laguna di Venezia”, “Laguna Veneta”, “Veneta Lagoon”, and “Venetian Lagoon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lido and Santo Spirito.
Lido
Photo: Luca Aless, CC BY-SA 4.0.
If you are staying in Venice and wish to avoid the more touristy and expensive areas, along with the accompanying noise, Lido is an under-appreciated gem.
Santo Spirito
Islet
Photo: Chris 73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santo Spirito is an island in the southern Venetian Lagoon situated between the islands of Poveglia and San Clemente. The island has a land area of 6.2 acres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malamocco and Sacca Fisola.
Malamocco
Village
Photo: Godromil, Public domain.
Malamocco was the first, and for a long time, the only, settlement on the Lido of Venice barrier island of the Lagoon of Venice. It is located just south of the island's center and it is part of the Lido-Pellestrina borough of the municipality of Venice.
Sacca Fisola
Neighborhood
Photo: Il Sindaco del Giappone, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sacca Fisola is an artificial island in the Venetian Lagoon. It is a largely modern residential area. Sacca Fisola is situated 4½ km northwest of Venice lagoon.
Dorsoduro
Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.
Dorsoduro is one of the six sestieri of Venice, in northern Italy. Dorsoduro includes the highest land areas of the city and also Giudecca island and Isola Sacca Fisola.
Venice lagoon
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Venice, Metropolitan Venice, Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Venice lagoon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة البندقية”
- Armenian: “Վենետիկի ծովածոց”
- Basque: “Veneziako aintzira”
- Basque: “Veneziako urmaela”
- Basque: “Veneziar urmaela”
- Belarusian: “Венецыянская лагуна”
- Belarusian: “Вэнэцыянская лягуна”
- Breton: “Morlenn Venezia”
- Bulgarian: “Венецианска лагуна”
- Catalan: “Llacuna de Venècia”
- Chinese: “威尼斯泻湖”
- Chinese: “威尼斯潟湖”
- Croatian: “Venecijanska laguna”
- Czech: “Benátská laguna”
- Danish: “Venediglagunen”
- Dutch: “Laguna Veneta”
- Dutch: “Lagune van Venetie”
- Dutch: “Lagune van Venetië”
- Esperanto: “Laguno de Venecio”
- Estonian: “Veneetsia laguun”
- Estonian: “Veneta laguun”
- Finnish: “Venetsian laguuni”
- French: “lagune de Venise”
- French: “Lagune de Venise”
- Galician: “Lagoa de Venecia”
- Georgian: “ვენეციის ლაგუნა”
- German: “Laguna di Venezia”
- German: “Laguna Veneta”
- German: “Lagune von Venedig”
- Greek: “Λιμνοθάλασσα της Βενετίας”
- Hebrew: “הלגונה של ונציה”
- Hebrew: “לגונת ונציה”
- Hungarian: “Velencei-lagúna”
- Indonesian: “Laguna Venesia”
- Indonesian: “Teluk Laguna Venesia”
- Italian: “Laguna di Venezia” (historical)
- Italian: “Laguna Veneta”
- Italian: “Laguna veneziana”
- Japanese: “ヴェネタ潟”
- Japanese: “ヴェネツィアの潟”
- Japanese: “ヴェネツィア潟”
- Japanese: “ベネツィアの潟”
- Korean: “베네치아 석호”
- Latvian: “Venēcijas lagūna”
- Lithuanian: “Venecijos lagūna”
- Macedonian: “Венецијанска Лагуна”
- Mingrelian: “ვენეციაშ ლაგუნა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Venezialagunen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den venetianske lagunen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Laguna di Venezia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Venezialagunen”
- Norwegian: “Venezialagunen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Lòna de Venècia”
- Persian: “تالاب ونتزیا”
- Polish: “Laguna Wenecka”
- Portuguese: “Lagoa de Veneza”
- Portuguese: “Lagoa veneziana”
- Portuguese: “Laguna de Veneza”
- Romanian: “Laguna Venețiană”
- Russian: “Венецианская лагуна”
- Serbian: “Венецијанска лагуна”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Venecijanska laguna”
- Slovenian: “Beneška laguna”
- Spanish: “Laguna de Venecia”
- Spanish: “Laguna Veneta”
- Swedish: “Laguna di Venezia”
- Swedish: “Laguna Veneta”
- Swedish: “Venediglagunen”
- Swedish: “Venetianska lagunen”
- Turkish: “Laguna di Venezia”
- Turkish: “Laguna Veneta”
- Turkish: “Venedik Lagünü”
- Ukrainian: “Венеційська лагуна”
- Uzbek: “Venetsiya lagunasi”
- Venetian: “Laguna de Venesia”
- Venetian: “Łaguna de Venesia”
- Venetian: “Laguna de Venessia”
- Venetian: “Łaguna de Venessia”
- Venetian: “Laguna de Venezsia”
- Venetian: “Łaguna de Venezsia”
- Venetian: “Laguna veneta”
- Venetian: “Laguna Vèneta”
- Venetian: “Łaguna veneta”
- Venetian: “Łaguna Vèneta”
- Vietnamese: “Phá Venezia”
- Welsh: “Morlyn Fenis”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as San Clemente and Città Giardino.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Poveglia and Litorale di Lido.
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