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Jesolo for visit the region Veneto |
Jesolo represents the ideal starting point
to visit the three Venetian regions and, obviously, Venice
is the most important destination for almost everybody. There
are three possible ways to reach the city that lies on the
lagoon, each one of them with a different charm and interest.
The quickest way, made so by the direct transport link from
Jesolo, is Punta Sabbioni, very last bit of land that encloses
the lagoon, from where, in only 40 minutes on a public motor-ship
or motor-boat, you get straight to Piazza S. Marco, saving
30 minutes walk; that much it would, in fact, take you were
you to walk from the S. Lucia station. On the other hand this
is the original entrance to Venice, the one that was once
used by the big galleons of the Republic. In fact we get past
the port of Lido's mouth, with the massive fort S. Andrea,
on the right hand side, a work of art that belongs to the
Renaissance military architecture , built by Sammicheli in
1543, and the ancient S. Nicolò church, on the Lido,
the Republic reception venue, made familiar thanks to the
many reproductions of Canaletto and Guardi. Venice may be
reached through yet another lagoon route on public boats,
namely the one that departs from Treporti, still in the Cavallino
peninsula, which enables you to get to Venice, in around one
hour, doubling the well known isles of S. Francesco del Deserto,
Burano, Torcello and Murano.
Then, with your car or by bus, you may be in Piazzale Roma
in more or less an hour, on the roads along the side of the
lagoon, going past Marco Polo airport in Tessera and crossing
the famous Ponte della Libertà, which connects Venice
to the main land. For those who, during the trip, should feel
like a cultural route: not far from Tessera (airport area)
are the remains of Altino, an ancient Roman city, with its
magnificent archaeological museum. Padua, Vicenza and Verona.Veneto's
three main cities of art are on the Venice-Milan motorway:
Padua, Vicenza and Verona. Padua, abode of one of the
most ancient universities of Europe, was one of the big Renaissance
centre in the Veneto: Giotto, Donatello and Mantegna created
here some of their major works of art. On and all through
an area not too far from Padua extend the Colli Euganei, with
their extraordinary artistic and scenic beauties, where, in
Arquà, Petrarca lived ad died. Nearby there is Montagnana,
a city closed in by protective walls and in the same area
lie the famous thermal baths of Abano. Further down the motorway
thereØs Vicenza, the city where Palladio lived, and then Verona,
from which the lago di Garda is but 30 km away. The Treviso
and the Belluno area and the Dolomites.
The green countryside zones of the province of Treviso dominate
the area behind Jesolo, with the pre-Alps north of it. In
the Treviso area, also known as the garden of Venice, you
can see some of the most beautiful villas by Palladio, like
Villa Maser, backed by the enchanting scenery of the colli
asolani. Just a little further there's Possagno, with the
Canova's gypsotheque , Bassano, famous for its ceramics and
another city protected by ancient walls, Castelfranco, home
to Giorgione. Proceeding down the valley of the Piave or going
through the city of Conegliano, one of Italy's major
wine centres, and of Vittorio Veneto, we reach Belluno
and Feltre right in the heart of the Dolomites. Cortina
D'Ampezzo, in the middle of a unique area which was awarded
such a status thanks to the beauty and variety of the alpine
landscape, will be ideal for a trip by car. Aquileia, Palmanova,
Udine and Trieste. Of great historical interest are also
all the routes east of Jesolo, starting from Portogruaro,
the Republic's very old river post of call and main centre
of a ziba thatØs very well known for its wines, and Caorle
with its beautiful Romanic cathedral and bell-tower. Along
the coast youØll bump into Aquileia, the major north
Italy's Roman port, and then Trieste. Not far from
Aquileia there's Palmanova, unique example of Renaissance
city-fortress built in 1593 by Vincenzo Scamozi to protect
the eastern territories of the Venetian Republic, and the
city of Udine. The villas of the Veneto. The Venetian
countryside areas are spangled by ancient villas that were
built on the XVI, XVII, XVIII centuries by rich people from
Venice as their summer places of abode. They are witnesses
to one of the most civilised ways of life of the Renaissance
period and among these villas are some of the greatest works
of art belonging to the Italian architecture. The most famous
are, most certainly, Palladio's, like for example the Malcontenta,
near Venice, and Maser, in the Treviso area, both of them
are open to the public. Along the Riviera del Brenta, which
connects the lagoon to Padua, an incredible collection of
these villas from different ages can be admired, among these
is the one of Stra, built in '700 as the Doge's residence.
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