 | Theophilus Carey Callicot - Geography - 1853 - 874 pages
...seaport town, N. Italy, gov. Venice, cap. dist , on an isl. in the S. extrem, of the Venetian lagooo. P. 27,076. It is about 2 m. in circumference, founded,...with the mainland by a stone bridge of 43 arches. It bas a fine main street lined with porticoes. It has high schools, important saltworks, yards for ship-buildiug,... | |
 | Theophilus Carey Callicot - Geography - 1853 - 876 pages
...seaport town, N. Italy, rv. Venice, cap. dist , on an isl. in the extrem. of the Venetian lagoon. P. 27,076. It is about 2 m. in circumference, founded, like Amsterdam, on piles, well built, & connected with the mainland by a stone bridge of 43 arches. It has a fine main street lined with... | |
 | G.P. Putnam & Co - 1853 - 866 pages
...seapor.t town, N. Italy, gqv. Venice, cap. dist., on an isl. in the S. extrem. of the Venetian lagoon. P. 27,076. It is about 2 m. in circumference, founded, like Amsterdam, on piles, well built, & connected with the mainland by a stolio bridge of 43 arches. It has a fine main street lined with... | |
 | Theophilus Carey Callicot - Geography - 1854 - 882 pages
...Venice, cap. di-t,on an isJ. in the S. extrcm. of the Venetian lagoon. P. 27,076. It is alnjut 2 in. in circumference, founded, like Amsterdam, on piles, well built, A connected with tho mainhind by a fctono bridge of 43 arches. It has a fine mnin street lined with ]><»iticocs. It... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 870 pages
...of Northern Italy, 15 miles SSW. of Venice, on an island at the southern end of the Venetian Lagoon, connected with the mainland by a stone bridge of 43 arches. It is founded on piles, and has a cathedral : its harbour, the deepest in the Lagoon, is guarded by forts... | |
 | 1891 - 878 pages
...of Northern Italy, 15 miles SSW. of Venice, on an island at the southern end of the Venetian Lagoon, connected with the mainland by a stone bridge of 43 arches. It is founded on piles, and has a cathedral ; its harbour, the deepest in the Lagoon, is guarded by forts... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1896 - 846 pages
...of Northern Italy, 15 miles SSW. of Venice, on an island at the southern end of the Venetian Lagoon, connected with the mainland by a. stone bridge of 43 arches. It is founded on piles, and has a cathedral : its harbour, the deepest in the Lagoon, is guarded by forts... | |
 | 1901 - 928 pages
...of Northern Italy, 15 miles SSW. of Venice, on an island at the southern end of the Venetian Lagoon, connected with the mainland by a stone bridge of 43 arches. It is founded on piles, and has a cathedral; its harbour, the deepest in the Lagoon, is guarded by forts... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1905 - 1024 pages
...northern Italy, 15 miles southwest of Venice, on an island at the southern end of the Venetian Lagoon, connected with the mainland by a stone bridge of 43 arches. It is founded on piles, has a beautiful cathedral ; its harbor, the deepest in the lagoon, is guarded... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1912 - 916 pages
...northern Italy, 15 miles southwest of Venice, on an island at the southern end of the Venetian Lagoon, connected with the mainland by a stone bridge of 43 arches. It is founded on piles, has a beautiful cathedral ; its harbor, the deepest in the lagoon, is guarded... | |
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SSW. of Venice, on an island at the southern end of the Venetian Lagoon, connected with the mainland by a. stone bridge of 43 arches. It is founded on piles, and has a cathedral : its harbour, the deepest in the Lagoon, is guarded by forts and batteries. 