Venice – the most amazing and most famous city in the world – a city on the water. He wins a glance. Majestic palaces and beautiful form bizarre and mysterious world, where the detached Gothic elegance the luxury of baroque. And almost everywhere heard the splash of water that bathes plinths buildings reflect the architectural masterpieces.

Venice – one and the most beautiful cities in the world – is in the water. There is no bridge, even the sidewalks are quite rare, no wheeled vehicles. Right at home splashing water, and residents move on gondolas and motorboats.

Its historic center is located on an archipelago consisting of 118 small islands, 4 km from the mainland, it is connected to a long bridge. In the V century here lived refugees from Padua and other Italian cities, fleeing the Huns and other barbarians.

Streets in Venice are 150 channels. Grand Canal , whose length to 3.8 , and the width of 30-70 m, divides the city into two parts: the historical center and the industrial and retail area , and in it, as the river flow channels smaller. The total number of bridges thrown across them about 400.