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A free, data-driven resource all about Venice, Italy.

19,320 articles about Venice...and growing!

What is Venipedia?

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 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.

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.

This website aims to fill the gap of of an English-language, data-driven website about Venice. Please check back regularly for updates.

Featured Article: Fountain

This page contains information about a typical Venetian fountain. For a list of fountains, see Fountains

A fountain, fontana, is a public drinking water system in Venice. There are fountains all across the city that either run continuously or use a push button or valve to operate. Among the 228 fountains in Venice, around half of them are functional. The Venetian fountain serves not only a practical purpose, but also as a unique aspect of Venetian public art. See Public art preservation.

Types of Fountains

In the Venetian Lagoon, there are multiple types of fountain according to their design and shape. These types include Delfini, Puglia, Alto, Ott. Basso, San Marco, Cylindro, Pozzo, Tubo, and Neri. Some of them have solid rectangular shape with some fancy designed lid at the top (i.e. Neri), while some of them are just a simple tube with a spout (i.e. Tubo). Additionally, these ..→

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