“THE
WORLD IS A BOOK AND THOSE WHO DO NOT TRAVEL READ ONLY ONE PAGE.”
Are you
a gallivanter like me, but there is a difference between me and a
gallivanter is that i also love
travelling but is able to go very less places, but that’s not our today’s
topic. Our today’s topic is about one of my travelling destination which if i
ever got a chance i will not leave that, and that place is VENICE, ITALY. It’s
a city in Italy which is also knows as or famous as “City of Water.” This city
is actually situated on a group of 118 small islands, that are separated by
canals and linked by bridges, There are 400 bridges that link 118 small islands
with each other, because it’s all linked with bridges so it’s another name is “City
of Bridges.”
Today i
will tell you some unknown facts about the City of Water Venice-
1. IT
IS NOT AN ISLAND PARADISE-
It is more like an
archipelago paradise, it’s actually linked with 118 small islands, not all of
the islands are natural some are built by human hands. For example- Sacca
Fisola, it was built bu human hands in the sixties, by adding landfill to a
patch of saltmarsh adjacent to Giudecca. It is largely residential.
2. HIGH
TIDE IS HIGHER THAN YOU THINK-
As this city is on
water, it also face some problems like low tides and high tides. The highest
recorded tide was on November 4,1966, and that tide was 194 cm above the sea.
3. IT
IS AN ANCIENT REFUGEE-
The
precise moments of Venice’s birth are as lost in murkiness as an engagement
ring dropped by shaky hand into the grand canal. But the city was probably
found in Roman era. Venice has at least a millennium and a half of history
under its belt. Enough for to have become a reality.
4. THE
CITY CAN BE VERY NARROW IN IT’S OUTLOOK-
Calletta varisco, a
street in the Cannaregio district that is just 53 cm wide in parts. It is the
narrowest street in the city.
5. IT
HAS A LITTLE COUSIN-
Venice
is not a lone example of a floating city. It is not even a lone example in the
Venetian Lagoon. It is accompanied by Chioggia, which sits 16 miles to the
south. This city has canal of it’s own, including canale vena.
So
that’s all about today, I think that if you are not a lover of travelling after
reading today’s blog you must be thinking that what was you doing in your life
till today, just using social media, you must be thinking that you could also
have travelled and enjoyed.
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you like my today’s blog please tell that to me by writing it in comment
section.
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