HERITAGE RECORD · 394

Venice and its Lagoon

威尼斯及泻湖

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

Founded in the 5th century and spread over 118 small islands, Venice became a major maritime power in the 10th century. The whole city is an extraordinary architectural masterpiece in which even the smallest building contains works by some of the world's greatest artists such as Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and others.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ641 ↗

Inception0421

Area415.9 ha

Administrative areaQ6360367 · Q3924689 · Q16310 · Q3678587

Named afterQ847760

WikipediaVenice ↗

Chinese Wikipedia威尼斯 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

Cultural archive

Direct quotation

I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs.

Lord Byron · Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto IVOriginal: I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs.Original work in the public domainSource ↗

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