| Comune di Chioggia | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Province | Venice (VE) |
| Mayor | Romano Tiozzo Pagio |
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Area | 185 km² (71 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2004) | |
| - Total | 51,336 |
| - Density | 277/km² (717/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Chioggiotti or Clodensi |
| Dialing code | 041 |
| Postal code | 30015, 30019, 30010 |
| Frazioni | Brondolo, Cà Bianca, Cà Lino, Cavanella d'Adige, Isolaverde, Sant'Anna, Sottomarina, Borgo San Giovanni, Valli Di Chioggia |
| Patron | San Felice and San Fortunato |
| - Day | June 11 |
| Website: www.chioggia.org | |
Chioggia (Venetan: Cióxa, Latin: Clodia) is a coastal town and comune of the province of Venice in the Veneto region of northern Italy, situated on a small island at the southern entrance to the Lagoon of Venice about 25 km south of Venice (50 km by road); causeways connect it to the mainland and to its frazione of Sottomarina. Venetian or Venetan is a Romance language spoken by over two million people mostly in the Veneto region of Italy. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic Administrative division of both provinces and regions and may be properly approximated in The Province of Venice ( Provincia di Venezia) is a province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Veneto or Venetia ( Vèneto) is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Venetian Lagoon is the enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea in which the city of Venice is situated Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a Comune; for other Administrative Sottomarina is an Italian town of Roman origin It is a Frazione of the Comune of Chioggia, which is part of the Province of Venice The population of the comune is c. 51,000, with the town proper accounting for about half of that and Sottomarina for most of the rest.
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History
Chioggia and Sottomarina were not prominent in Antiquity, although they are first mentioned in Pliny (NH III.xvi.121) as the fossa Clodia. Local legend attributes this name to its founding by a Clodius, but the antiquity of this belief is not known.
The name of the town has been changing depending on the historical period, being Clodia, Cluza, Clugia, Chiozza and Chioggia[1]. The most ancient documents naming Chioggia dates from the 6th century AD, when it was part of the Byzantine Empire. Chioggia was destroyed by the King Pippin of Italy in the 9th century, but rebuilt around a new industry based on salt pans. Pepin (April 773 &ndash 8 July 810) was the son of Charlemagne and King of Italy (781-810 under the authority of his father The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. In the Middle Ages, Chioggia proper was known as Clugia major, whereas Clugia minor was a sand bar about 600 m further into the Adriatic. A shoal or sandbar (also called sandbank) is a somewhat Linear Landform within or extending into a body of Water, A free commune and an episcopal see from 1110, it had later an important role in the so-called War of Chioggia between Genoa and Venice, being conquered by Genoa in 1378 and finally by Venice in June 1380. The War of Chioggia (Guerra di Chioggia was a conflict between Genoa and Venice which lasted from 1378 to 1381, from which Venice emerged triumphant Although the town remained largely autonomous, it was always thereafter subordinate to Venice.
Main sights
Chioggia is a miniature version of Venice, with a few canals, chief among them the Canale Vena, and the characteristic narrow streets known as calli. Chioggia has several medieval churches, much reworked in the period of its greatest prosperity in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The church of S. Maria, founded in the eleventh century, became a cathedral in 1110, then was rebuilt from 1623 by Baldassare Longhena. Baldassarre Longhena (1598 &ndash February 18 1682) was a 17th century Architect, who worked mainly in Venice, where he was one of the greatest
The church of St. Andrew (18th century) has a bell tower from the 11th-12th centuries, provided with the most ancient tower watch in the world. The interior has a Crucifixion by Palma the Elder. Palma il Vecchio (1480 &ndash July 1528 born Jacopo Palma or known as Jacopo Negretti, was an Italian painter of the Venetian school
Culture
Until the 19th century, women in Chioggia wore an outfit based on an apron which could be raised to serve as a veil. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar An apron is an outer protective garment that covers primarily the front of the body A veil is an article of clothing worn almost exclusively by women that is intended to cover some part of the head or Face. Chioggia is also known for lace-making; like Pellestrina, but unlike Burano, this lace is made using bobbins. Pellestrina is an Island forming a barrier between the southern Venetian Lagoon and the Adriatic Sea, lying south west of the Lido. Burano is an Island in the Venetian Lagoon, although like Venice itself it could more correctly be called an Archipelago of islands linked by A bobbin is a spindle or cylinder with or without flanges on which Wire, Yarn, thread or film is wound
Chioggia served Carlo Goldoni as the setting of his play Le baruffe chiozzotte, one of the classics of Italian literature: a baruffa was a loud brawl, and chiozzotto (today more frequently chioggiotto in Italian, or cioxoto in Venetan) is the demonym for Chioggia. Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793 was a celebrated Venetian Playwright and Librettist, whom critics today rank among the European Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Venetian or Venetan is a Romance language spoken by over two million people mostly in the Veneto region of Italy. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Goldoni took his setting seriously: the play is replete with lacemaking, fishermen, and other local color.
Notable people
Notable people from the town include John Cabot, Rosalba Carriera, and Gioseffo Zarlino. Giovanni Caboto ( c 1450 - c 1498 known in English as John Cabot, was an Italian Navigator and explorer commonly credited as the As Snuff -taking became popular Carriera began painting Miniatures for the lids of snuff-boxes and was the first painter to use ivory for this purpose Gioseffo Zarlino ( January 31 or March 22, 1517 &ndash February 4, 1590) was an Italian music theorist and
Economy
Fishing is historically the livelihood of the port, and remains a significant economic sector. Other important modern industries include textiles, brick-making and steel; and Sottomarina, with 60 hotels and 17 campgrounds, is almost entirely given over to seafront tourism.
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