Venice - Clock Tower Tour and Panoramic View HD

sonhosvividos.tk http Veneza - Itlia: 21 a 24 Outubro 2009 Visita Torre do Relgio e vista panormica de Veneza Msica: Instrumental Toda a informao em sonhosvividos.tk Venice Italy 21 to 24 October 2009 Clock Tower Tour and Panoramic View of Venice Music: Instrumental For more information www.wonderfuldreams.tk Venice isconsidered the city of art, romance and prestige. The extraordinary architecture was built on an archipelago of small islands separated by a network of canals crossed by approximately 400 bridges, once wooden and then replaced by stone. The Grand Canal is the main city artery. It is crossed by three bridges and has the shape of an upside down S dividing the city in two parts and in their turn divided into six sestieri (districts): Cannaregio, San Marco and Castello on the left side; Santa Croce, San Polo and Dorsoduro on the right side of the canal. Water transport undoubtedly prevails over land travel, with gondolas, ships, ferries, and yachts serving as taxis to transport people and goods. There are few main roads and several small calli (narrow streets) developed along canals, campi (squares adjacent to churches), bell towers and fondamenta (streets along the canals) where motor vehicles are not allowed. Refugees from Spina Adria and Aquileia after the invasion of the Huns in the 5th century AD founded Venice. The Doge under the protection of the Byzantine Empire governed it by maritime tribunes and later. In the 9th century the city became a very ...