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'''Venipedia''' is a wiki-based website dedicated to the study of the city of Venice, Italy. It is intended as a repository for unique information and data primarily collected by the Venice Project Center at [https://www.wpi.edu/ Worcester Polytechnic Institute]. With decades of projects dedicated to the study of Venetian architecture, art, bridges, canals, churches, ecosystems, infrastructure, tourism, transportation, and more, we are now releasing our data to the world through this site.
'''Venipedia''' is a wiki-based website dedicated to the study of the city of Venice, Italy. Venipedia provides primary Venetian data about specific topics, such as [[Coats of Arms]], that are largely ignored by other sites. To learn more about the purpose, content, and approach that separates Venipedia from other websites visit the [[Help:About|About Venipedia]] page.  
 
There are already many Venetian resources on the internet, including both the English and Italian Wikipedias and various Italian-language sites. While these resources are adequate for some purposes, there are also some problems associated with these sources. For example, Wikipedia is a general-knowledge encyclopedia that provides neither detailed information nor concrete data.
 
To learn more about Venipedia's [[Help:About#Venipedia's Purposen|purpose]], [[Help:About#Venipedia's Organization|organization]], and [[Help:About#Venipedia's Content|content]] visit the [[Help:About|About]] page.
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Welcome to Venipedia
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What is Venipedia?

Venipedia is a wiki-based website dedicated to the study of the city of Venice, Italy. Venipedia provides primary Venetian data about specific topics, such as Coats of Arms, that are largely ignored by other sites. To learn more about the purpose, content, and approach that separates Venipedia from other websites visit the About Venipedia page.

Featured Article: Reliefs

This page is an overview of all the reliefs in Venice. '
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Total Number 386
Total Number Missing 4
Low Reliefs 164
High Reliefs 131
Patere 482
Purpose Decorative


A relief (in Italian rilievo) is a sculpted image or scene that protrudes from a wall. Reliefs are a sub-set of material culture and their subject matter generally concerns religious scenes or significant historical events. Venetian reliefs have long served as reminders of important events in the history of the city and of related mythology illustrating both the popular artistic styles of the time and the legends that were most prevalent in certain neighborhoods. For more information concerning the creation of reliefs, please see the relief page.

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