What kind of city is Venice?

Venice is a famous tourist and industrial city in northeast Italy and the capital of Veneto region. Venice used to be the center of Venice, known as the "Pearl of the Adriatic Sea". It gathered here during the Crusades and is one of the most romantic cities in the world.

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The decline of Venice

In the 0/5th century, Venice began to decline, and the first battle to defend Thessaloniki was lost to the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Venice also sent ships to help Constantinople, the capital of Byzantine Empire, resist the Turkish invasion in 1453. After Muhammad Ⅱ captured Constantinople, it turned to invade Venice, causing great losses to Venice.

The Black Death ravaged Venice in 1348 and made a comeback in 1575- 1577. During these three years, as many as 50,000 people died of the Black Death, leaving only one third of the urban population. 1630, the black death killed nearly one third of the citizens.

At the end of the Renaissance, Venice began to lose its position as an international trade center. At that time, Portugal became the main trade medium between Europe and the East, which affected the source of Venice's great wealth. At the same time, the hegemony of France and Spain was rampant, the Italian war broke out and the political influence of Venice declined. However, the Venice Empire was an exporter of agricultural products and remained an important manufacturing center in the middle of18th century.

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