Venice (English /ˈvɛnɪs/ VEN-iss; Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ( listen); alternative obsolete form: Vinegia [viˈnɛːdʒa];[1] Venetian: Venèxia [veˈnɛzja]; Latin: Venetiae; Slovene: Benetke) is a city in northeastern Italy sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges.[2] It is located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline, between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its archite