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Overview:
It's easy to forgive Venice for its eternal preoccupation with
its own beauty. All the picture books in the world won't prepare
you for the city's exotic landmarks, among them the Basilica di
San Marco and the Palazzo Ducale, rising like mirages from the
lagoon. With sumptuous palaces and romantic waterways, Venice is
straight out of an 18th-century Canaletto masterpiece. Venice is
called La Serenissima (the "most serene" one),
a reference to the monstrous power, majesty, and wisdom of this
city that was for centuries the unrivaled mistress of trade
between Europe and the Orient and the bulwark of Christendom
against the tides of Turkish expansion. The most serene also
refers to the way in which those visiting have looked upon
Venice, a miraculous city imperturbably floating on its calm,
blue lagoon.
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