Veneto Facts for Kids

Veneto is a region in North-east Italy on the Adriatic Sea. The capital is Venice. The population was about 4,869,694 in 2008.

Administrative divisions

Veneto is divided into 7 provinces and 581 municipalities:

Province	Area (km²)	Population	Density (inh./km²)
Province of Belluno	3,678	213,059	57.9
Province of Padua	2,141	905,112	422.8
Province of Rovigo	1,789	245,598	137.3
Province of Treviso	2,477	865,194	349.3
Province of Venice	2,463	841,609	341.7
Province of Verona	3,121	889,862	285.1
Province of Vicenza	2,722	848,642	311.8

Pos.	Municipality	Inhabitants (inh.)	Area (km²)	Density (inh./km²)	Elevation above sea level (m)	Province
1°	Venice	268.741	412,54	651,4	1	VE
2°	Verona	262.403	206,63	1.269,9	59	VR
3°	Padua	209.696	92,85	2.258,4	12	PD
4°	Vicenza	113.969	80,54	1.415,1	39	VI
5°	Treviso	81.665	55,50	1.741,4	15	TV
6°	Rovigo	51.378	108,55	473,3	6	RO
7°	Chioggia	50.880	185,20	274,7	2	VE
8°	Bassano del Grappa	42.237	46,79	902,7	129	VI
9°	San Donà di Piave	39.774	78,73	505,2	3	VE
10°	Schio	38.779	67,04	578,4	200	VI

Venice, the primary tourist destination and the capital of Veneto
Lake Alleghe near Belluno
Tre Cime di Lavaredo
The Piave River
The Venetian Lagoon at sunset
Relief map of Veneto
The Adige in Verona
The Tetrarchs were the four co-rulers who governed the Roman Empire as long as Diocletian's reform lasted. Here they are portrayed embracing, in a posture of harmony, in a porphyry sculpture dating from the 4th century, produced in Anatolia, located today on a corner of St Mark's Basilica in Venice.
Horses of Saint Mark, brought as loot from Constantinople in 1204
An 18th-century view of Venice by Canaletto
13th-century Castel Brando in Cison di Valmarino, Treviso
St Mark's Basilica, the seat of the Patriarch of Venice
The Punta San Vigilio on the Lake Garda
One of Giotto's paintings in Padua
Giorgione's The Tempest
The Prato della Valle in Padua, a work of Renaissance architecture
Villa Cornaro
The Church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice
A Golden bottle of Prosecco
Asiago cheese and crackers
A slice of tiramisù
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Vivaldi
Teatro La Fenice
The Arena of Verona
Teatro Salieri
L'Orto Botanico di Padova
Verona
The Palazzo Chiericati in Vicenza
San Giorgio island, Venice
Il Pomagagnon
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The Villa Capra "La Rotonda"
Villa Badoer
Villa Malcontenta
Villa Pisani (Bagnolo)
The mount Antelao
Lastoi de Formin (Cadore)
The begin of Strada delle 52 Gallerie
A trait that shows the structure of the Calà del Sasso