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Venice, Itay

VENICE

29 May 2008

Venice was known as the most romantic place in Itay.
In Venice, one of the magnificent features is the Rialto Bridge. This bridge was constructed in 1588 and completed in 1591. This bridge was built to carried its people from one market to the other. As Venice was divided into small islands, they had to built bridges to connect one place to the other. Today, Rialto bridge was used to carry pesdestrians.

You may or may not know that the people in Venice had one type of transportation which other countries may not have. The people in Venice went from one place to the other only by boats. As mentioned that Venice was been divided by several islands, people getting from one place to another are much more troublesome so travelling by boats are their only way to get there.

Test yourself...

1. Do you think a person who carried passengers by boat need a licene?
Answer: Yes

2. What the height of Rialto Bridge?
Answer: 7.32 metres

3. How many years do you think needed to plan and design this bridge?
Answer: Nearly 50 to 70 years !

Now...you should know more about Venice!!!