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 is situated.
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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.

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, is an under-appreciated gem.

Islet
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is an island in the southern Venetian Lagoon situated between the islands of and . The island has a land area of 6.2 acres.

Islet
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is an islet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Malamocco and Dorsoduro.

Village
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was the first, and for a long time, the only, settlement on Lido, a barrier island of the Venetian Lagoon. It is located just south of the island's center and it is part of the Lido-Pellestrina borough of the .

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is one of the six historic sestieri of , , located in the southern part of the city and known for its relatively firm terrain that earned it the name meaning "hard back" or "hard ridge" in Italian, distinguishing it from the more marshy areas of the lagoon.

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is the central district of . It is home to many of Venice's major points of interest, and consequently can be extremely crowded with tourists, especially during the day when cruise ships unload their passengers.

Venice lagoon

Latitude
45.39074° or 45° 23′ 27″ north
Longitude
12.33868° or 12° 20′ 19″ east
Open location code
8FQJ98RQ+7F
Geo­Names ID
8394243
Wiki­data ID
Q76925
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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”
  • 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”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Poveglia and Litorale di Lido.

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