Venice from Above

The Venice Film Festival opened on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 with stars, movie-goers and photographers descending on the famed city. Dan Kitwood, an entertainment photographer from Getty, took the opportunity to make some aerial images of Venice.

The “City of Water” is located in northeast Italy, spanning 118 islands in the Venetian Lagoon. Buildings in Venice were constructed on wood piles driven into the mud, sand and clay layers under the lagoon. Many of the buildings in Venice still sit on these piles driven more than a thousand years ago.

More Links:

Map of Venice - Google Maps

Venice Wikipedia Page

Official City of Venice Site

Virtual Travel Site for Venice

Photographer Dan Kitwood’s Photostream -
flickr.com

Historic Images of Venice

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