When was venice italy built

Nice little article!! Leaves me to wonder A LOT though…. I always wondered how this amazing city was built, knowing that these people built this city from hand is hands down amazing. I have been to Venice some 20 years ago and am going to visit it again i March, This beautifully written informative article has given more information and inspiration.

We went to Venice two years ago for the first time, on a group tour. We explored Venice on our own, it was lovely to see pretty buildings. Venice is beautiful but everything there is pricey, just like London. Although we did see the Castle there, that was more interesting than Venice city itself. Hello S J. Thanks for the comment. Venice is a particular city and certainly not for everyone but we definitely love it dearly.

Thank you for such an interesting and informative article about the history of Venice, a truly beautiful and fascinating city that I had the pleasure to visit in February of this year during The Carnevale.

It was as if the history came to life with all the period costumes, the locals proudly presenting themselves against the awesome majestic buildings. The shabby elegance of Vemice is so incredibly beautiful! Puts me in mind of an impoverished great-aunt who still lives in the family mansion , but can no longer afford maintenance. Thank you for this concise history of Venice.. Iam a domestic helper and very lucky to visit it twice.. Well explained. I was in Venice once in the year for three days.

This article has explained to me what I could not understand for 3 days being physically in the city. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Italy Travel Blog. July 19, Thanks for this beautiful information! I need these kind of information for my school assesment! It is truly a stunning city. The atmosphere is amazing!!! They planted the poles in the ground until they reached the solid land under the mud layer.

The space between the poles was filled with shards, stones and other waste materials. Over the layer of poles they put wooden boards that formed the base. Over these boards Venetians built their houses.

Basically Venice is a huge pile dwelling. Impressive, uh? If you want to learn more about Venice you can read my post Venice names and numbers. Regarding this topic, I found a fantastic video, which explains everything easily. To know that an entire city is sustained by wooden poles submerged in water is astonishing. However, in the Turks conquered the island. Furthermore, in several European countries formed the League of Cambrai and went to war against Venice. However, after 8 years of war, the map was largely unchanged.

More serious for Venice was the discovery of North and South America. The result was that trade shifted away from the Mediterranean. Furthermore in Venice was struck by the plague again. During the 17th century Venice gradually lost power and influence. In the 18th century, Venice was politically unimportant although the arts such as opera flourished. Then in , Napoleon dissolved the Republic of Venice. However, after his fall in Venice was handed to Austria.

The railway reached Venice in However, Venice did not prosper under Austrian rule. In revolutions swept Europe and Venice rose in rebellion against the Austrians.

For a short period, Daniele Manin became president of an independent Venice. However Austrian forces bombarded the city and Venice was forced to surrender in August Yet in the Austrians were defeated by the Prussians and Venice was allowed to join the new nation of Italy.

In the late 19th century Venice flourished as a port and a manufacturing center. Then in Mussolini built a road from the mainland to Venice.