Province of Venice

The Metropolitan City of Venice has about 858,544 inhabitants, a surface area of about 2,462 sq.km, and includes 44 municipalities.

The Metropolitan City is a local authority of the metropolitan area with the following general institutional purposes: strategic development of the metropolitan area; promotion and integrated management of services, infrastructures, and communication networks of interest to the metropolitan city; management of institutional relations concerning its level of government, including relations with European cities and metropolitan areas.

The projects of the Management Plan involving the Metropolitan City of Venice are:

• Feasibility study for the creation of a system of slow mobility network for the access to the Site and navigable rivers
• Diversified proposals of visits to encourage a more complex appreciation of the Site
• Venice Connected extended to the lagoon
• Construction of a cycle route along the canals (from Mirano to Lova, from Lova to Rosara as far as the Chioggia fish-farms)
• Cycle route CONCA of Portegrandi – Caposile

The UNESCO routes in the Metropolitan City of Venice:

• The Torcello Provincial Museum
• Fishing tourism in the lagoon
• Alberoni Dunes and Ca’Roman

For further information:

Metropolitan City of Venice