Venice City Walk: Unlocking the Beauty & History

The lands on the shores of the Adriatic Sea were densely populated more than two thousand years ago. Roman colonisers founded Aquileia, the administrative centre of the province of Venetia, in the 2nd century BC. It was subordinate to the Roman Empire, and got its name from the tribe of Veneti, who had lived here since ancient times. However, all settlements were on the coast. The small islands of the Venetian lagoon the locals began to develop forced in the V century, when the Roman Empire fell under the onslaught of the ancient Germanic tribes. On 25 March 421, a new city was founded on the islands - Venice. The decision was a good one from a strategic point of view. While wars were going on on the mainland, the islands were developing their navy and building coastal fortifications

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