Milan is an inland city. It has access to the Po river, as well as a few others. However, Venice has access to the Mediterranean Sea, through the Adriatic. This could be seen as an advantage.
it has a lot of water around it
ANSWER Venice grew thanks: 1 - Its unique geographical location, which put it away from attempts to seize and/or siege it from the land side and made it extremely hard, if not impossible its investment by an enemy coming from the sea. 2 - Its fleet, which not only granted its defence and dominated the whole Adriatic Sea but also established a thriving stream of trades and a chain of settlements and naval strongholds all over The Central and Eastern Mediterranean and a chain of settlement. 3 - The monopoly in the trade of vital goods such as, for instance, the salt and the spices the Republic of Venice was able to impose to all the States and City-states gravitating towards the Adriatic Sea. 4 - Its oligarchic, but well balanced government, which prevent the Republic of Venice from any attempt of establishing a Lordship and its policy which was aimed to defend only its possession and commerciale routes, abstaining from territorial gaines dictated by the wish to dominate and conquest, as the other states of that time were accustomed to do.
A Well-defined infrastructure.
The Patriots had some advantages over British mercenaries. The Patriots were familiar with the land and different terrains that would be helpful to stage battles.
The distance from Great Britain made it difficult for the British to replace troops.
The South was fighting in its own territory.
they were the main port cities
A huge country and a very harsh winter.
Italy is northwest, mostly west, of Greece.
Venice has over 150 canals and over 400 bridges
The Union positions on the hilltops provided an unbeatable tactical advantage.
It had adequate size to continue a retrograde movement that would rapidly over extend Napoleon's supply lines.
Venice is very beautiful city. It is a city built over a canal.
The cast of Chihuly Over Venice - 1998 includes: Dale Chihuly as himself Pino Signoretto as As himself
Cicchetti is a term for food simaliar to tapas. Venice is a trading port and the concept of tapas came over with the moors.
The main advantage of ECL over TTL is speed.
Bristol (BRS) to Venice Marco Polo (VCE) takes just over 3 hours (about 3h10m / 3h15m)