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Pelestrina, Venetian Lagoon, Italy 30 June 2009
Da Celeste restaurant, in Pelestrina.
The Venetian Lagoon is the enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea in which the city of Venice is situated. Its name in the Venetian language, Laguna Veneta - cognate of Latin lacus, "lake" - has provided the international name for an enclosed, shallow embayment of saltwater, a lagoon..The Venetian Lagoon stretches from the Sile in the north to the Brenta in the south, with a surface area of around 550 km2. It is around 8% land, including Venice itself and many smaller islands. The lagoon is the largest wetland in the Mediterranean Basin.
PHOTO: EZEQUIEL SCAGNETTI
Da Celeste restaurant, in Pelestrina.
The Venetian Lagoon is the enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea in which the city of Venice is situated. Its name in the Venetian language, Laguna Veneta - cognate of Latin lacus, "lake" - has provided the international name for an enclosed, shallow embayment of saltwater, a lagoon..The Venetian Lagoon stretches from the Sile in the north to the Brenta in the south, with a surface area of around 550 km2. It is around 8% land, including Venice itself and many smaller islands. The lagoon is the largest wetland in the Mediterranean Basin.
PHOTO: EZEQUIEL SCAGNETTI
- Copyright
- EZEQUIEL SCAGNETTI
- Image Size
- 3862x2570 / 4.2MB
- www.ezequiel-scagnetti.com
- Contained in galleries
- The Venetian Lagoon and its islands
