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Area: 18.390 km2
Population: 4.570.280 (2001)
Regional Capital: Venezia
Veneto is located in north-east of Italy, it is bordered by the Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli-Venezia-Giulia in the north, the Adriatic Sea to the east, Emilia-Romagna in the south and Lombardy to the west.

Places to see - Things to do:
- Padua, Treviso, Venice -Venezia-, Verona, Vicenza ...
- Riviera del Brenta with its splendid Venetian Villas: Villa La Malcontenta, Villa Pisani Nazionale, Villa Valmarana, Villa Widmann ...
- Small towns: Asolo, Marostica, Lazise, Peschiera del Garda, Piove di Sacco, Villafranca di Verona ...
- Venetian coast: Bibione, Caorle, Eraclea, Jesolo, Chioggia ...
- Venetian Mountains: Dolomites (Cadore, Cortina d'Ampezzo ...), Monte Baldo, Monte Grappa ...
- Lake Garda: Bardolino, Garda, Malcesine, Torri del Benaco ...
- The spa town: Abano Terme, Montegrotto Terme, Recoaro Terme...

Gastronomy: -non exhaustive list-
antipasti (baccalà mantecato, 'saor' made fish...) ; pasta and rice (bigoli, casunziei, risi e bisi, risotto with radicchio ...) ; main dishes (vicentine style salt cod, Venetian style liver...) ; radichio trevigiano (red chicory) ; biscuits and desserts (Burano cookies, Verona's Colomba, Verona's Pandoro ...)  ; cheese (Asiago, Montasio, Monte Veronese, Ricotta, Tosello ...) ; wines and liqueurs (Bardolino, Breganze, Bianco di Custoza, Colli Berici, Colli Euganei, Grappa, Maraschino, Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene, Recioto di Soave, Valpolicella ...)...

Festivities & Events: -non exhaustive list-
January / February
¤ during the 10 days preceding Ash Wednesday: Carnival of Venice.
May / June
¤ all 4 years, maritime republic regatta in Venice: historic race between the 4 Italian maritime republics (Amalfi, Genoa, Pisa, Venice).
¤ June 13, feast of St. Anthony in Padua, in honor of the patron of the city...
July
¤ 3° Sunday, Feast of the Redeemer in Venice
August
¤ at the end of the month, the Film Festival in Venice (ending early September)
September
¤ 1° Sunday, historical regatta in Venice
¤ 2° week of even-numbered years, human chess game in Marostica: he game takes place in the main square, called 'piazza degli scacchi' and is a huge chess boardgame...

Native People: -non exhaustive list-
D. Buzzati, writer ; A. Canova, sculptor ; P. Cardin, stylist ; C. Goldoni, writer (theater) ; J. Robusti -Tintoretto-, painter ; T. Vecelli -Tiziano-, painter ; A. Vivaldi, compositor...