DESCRIPTION

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DESCRIPTION

• Veneto is one of the twenty regions of Italy. It
  is in the North-East and it borders on Austria to
  the North Friuli Venezia Giulia to the
  North-East Emilia Romagna to the South
  Lombardia to the West and to the East there is
  the Adriatic sea.

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THE TERRITORY

• The territory is divided among the following
  provinces
• Venice (the capital of the region) Verona
  Padua Vicenza Treviso Rovigo and Belluno.

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THE NAME OF THIS REGION

• The name of this region derives from the one
  its old inhabitants, the veneti, who arrived in
  the prehistoric period chasing the native Euganei
  people.

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VENETOS TOURIST POINT

• From the tourist point of view the Veneto
  offers a great variety of options besides, the
  well known and popular Venice, other famous
  places are Cortina dAmpezzo, the famous seaside
  resorts of Jesolo, Chioggia and Lido di Venezia,
  the thermal centre of Abano Terme, and other
  historical cities such as Verona, Vicenza,
  Treviso and Padua.

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FOOD AND WINES

• The cuisine of our region is varied thanks to its
  geographical position in fact we can find both
  mountain dishes and sea dishes, based on fish.
  Other important dishes are polenta, spaghetti,
  risotto with different vegetables, gnocchi, the
  eel, the sardelle in saor (sardines with
  onions), and codfish.
• Some typical dessert and cakes are pandoro
  veronese and tiramisù.
• The most famous wines are Merlot, Cabernet,
  Recioto and Valpolicella.

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SOME PLACES

• Some places
• Bassano del Grappa is one of the famous cities of
  the Veneto for its alpin bridge by Andrea
  Palladio
• Jesolo is known its 15km long beach, hotels and
  for the nightlife.