UNESCO Site

The Site "Venice and its Lagoon" was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1987 for the uniqueness of its cultural values, consisting of historical, archaeological, urban, architectonic, artistic heritage and exceptional cultural traditions, integrated into and extraordinary and outstanding environmental, natural and landscape context.

The Lagoon of Venice is one of the most ancient and complex example of the relationships between human activities and natural dynamics, hosting the highest concentration of material cultural goods and artistic expressions, accumulated over centuries.

The Site can be considered as a "cultural landscape" wich illustrates the combined work of man and nature over time, under the influence of physical constraints and environmental, social, economic and cultural opportunities.