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User:Silviaf2006.icledro/Sandbox
Name[edit | edit source]
VENICE[edit | edit source]
Brief description[edit | edit source]
Venice is in Italy,it is the main city of Veneto region. Venice is colored,this is happy.
Population = Number of the inhabitants[edit | edit source]
The inhabitants are around 400,000
Denonym = name of the inhabitants[edit | edit source]
the name of the inhabitants of Venice are the Venetians
Nationality of the inhabitants[edit | edit source]
the inhabitants live in Veneto, a region in the north-east of Italy
Flag/seal[edit | edit source]
The flag of Venice is:
- usually has a light blue background;
-at the center has a lion colored with gold;
-over the arms has a red crown.
Celebrations[edit | edit source]
One of the most important celebration is the CARNIVAL:
the carnival is a party where all the participants are disguised as celebrities or politicians or the masks of art (arlecchino, pulcinella...)
"At carnival every joke is worth" is the most famous saying of carnival that means that every participant can make jokes that he wants without having consequences.
Popular monuments/places[edit | edit source]
The main monuments of Venice are:
- the Basilica of San Marco;
- the Palazzo Ducale;
- the Rialto bridge;
- the Bridge of Sighs
........and many others.......
Nickname (for example Paris is called "the City of Light")[edit | edit source]
the nikname of Venice is the city of colors
Particularity[edit | edit source]
Venice has a very obvious peculiarity:
it rises on the water of the Adriatic Sea and it is often covered by floods
Gastronomy = a particular dish[edit | edit source]
the main dish of Venice is called RISI E BISI:
-Sarde in Saor. Fried sardines with sweet and sour onions, sultanas and pine nuts. ...
-Polenta and schie. Polenta (both that made of yellow flour, more common, than the white one) is one of the basic dishes in Venetian cuisine. ...
-Venetian liver. ...
-Fritole.
Quotation in Literature...[edit | edit source]
Lies are by nature so fertile that one will give birth to a hundred. (by Carlo Goldoni)
Notes[edit | edit source]
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
The link of the information is https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale