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Capital | Venice | ||||
Largest city | Treviso | ||||
Other cities | Verona, Rovigo, Padua, Belluno, and Pordenone | ||||
Language official |
Italian and Venetian | ||||
others | Latin | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
Ethnic Group | 83.3% Italian 12.4% German 3.7% Slovenian 0.2% Arab 0.1% Afro-European 0.3% Other | ||||
Demonym | Venetian | ||||
Legislature | Unitary parliamentary republic | ||||
President | Luigi Brugnaro | ||||
Doge | Luca Zaia | ||||
Population | 1,249,577 | ||||
Established | 697 (Original State) 1919 (Modern State) | ||||
Independence | from Italy | ||||
declared | 21 January 1919 | ||||
recognized | 21 February 1919 | ||||
Currency | Venetian lira | ||||
Time Zone | CET | ||||
summer | CEST | ||||
Driving Side | right | ||||
Organizations | European Alliance |
Venice, officially the Republic of Venice, also known as the Venice Republic of Venetian Republic, is a sovereign state in Central Europe.