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Veneto
- A welcoming
land of a great civilization. Veneto means Venice, above all,
the most imaginative city in the world with its Lion of Saint Mark,
the Doges, Marco Polo, gondolas, cut glass, Grand
Canal, Goldoni, 400 bridges and 118 islands.
But it also means much
more: for example, the 20 km long open-air museum of the
Brenta Canal, lined with Palladio's splendid
villas, the spa resort of Abano and Montegrotto,
and the whole of the magnificent northern Venetian border with the 'queen'
of the Dolomites, Cortina, and the Asiago plateau,
and the Cadore Valley; the beaches of Caorle and Jesolo; Verona and Padua
with the Arena and the Basilica of St. Anthony.
Rice and peas, fish, Venetian-style liver, Vicenza-style dried cod can
be enjoyed with the Valpolicella, Soave and Bianco di Conegliano wines.
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