Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the region of Veneto. It is built on a group of 126 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city a
Venice in autumn, with the Rialto Bridge in the background
Rialto vista dietra camerlenghi
Campanile of St. Mark's Basilica remote view
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as w
Etruscan fresco in the Monterozzi necropolis, 5th century BC
The Colosseum, widely considered one of the greatest works of architecture and engineering of ancient history
Marco Polo, 13th-century explorer
Leonardo da Vinci, quintessential Renaissance man, in a self-portrait (c. 1512)