The Alberoni Oasi’s-Venice’s Lido

History and territory:
The coasts of the Adriatic represent the remaining deployment of dunes that defined since Roman times the extended system of lagoons from the Po Delta until the Venice Lagoon, continuing up to the valleys of Caorle and the lagoons of Marano and Grado.
The coast of Alberoni has a length of about two kilometers [...]

The bragozzo

The Bragozzo born as a boat used for fishing and for transportation of goods from the islands of Kvarner. They sailed inside the lagoon and off the coast. The spread of bragozzo developed in the eighteenth century - when the fishers from Chioggia replaced it for economy reasons to the tartan.
The hull had a length [...]

Murano

Murano is probably the most famous islands of the lagoon and, as Venice, it is made up of a number of islands connected by bridges and crossed by a “Canal Grande”. Since the middle ages, it took benefit from an administrative autonomy with its own mayor and a Grand Council; autonomy that remained until the [...]

Burano

Burano was one of the first colonized islands by the Altino’s inhabitants who tried to get away from the barbaric peoples who were invading northern Italy. Situated in the north-east position of the lagoon was and it is still subject to bora winds, fort this reason its name comes from “Porta Boreana”. The island economy [...]

Torcello

Torcello with its port, mettallurgical, glass and woollen industries was, before Venice, a thriving centre of commerce. During the peak period, on the island flourished noble families and the number of inhabitants reached 50.000 units. Since 638 until 1689 it also was the Archbishop’s Holy See. From the thirteenth century onwards, due to the bury [...]

Chioggia

Thanks to some evidences, the origin of Chioggia dates back to 2000 b.C., when the Pelasgians, a population from Thessaly founded it under the name of Cluza (artificial city). There are also proofs of its existence in the Roman Empire, but it was only during the barbarian invasions with the migration of the inhabitants of [...]

Minor islands

SAN MICHELE

The island is located between Venice and Murano. Since 1800s, it houses the cemetery. In 1200s, Camaldolese’s monks built their convent with the small church of Saint Michael beside. In 1440s, considerable enlargement works began which led to the construction of a bell tower dome. The statue of Michael’s Archangel while piercing through the [...]

The venetian lagoon

The Venetian lagoon covers an area of 550 square kilometers and only 8% are made of emerged earth. It is connected with the Adriatic Sea by three outlets: Lido San Nicolò, Malamocco and Chioggia. The north, consists of the islands of Murano, Pellestrina, Burano, Torcello, Mazzorbo and Vignole; in the centre, there is Venice with [...]