Grado | town

Italy / Friuli-Venezia Giulia / Grado /
Grado (Gravo in the local Venetian dialect, Grau in Friulian, Gradež in Slovenian) is a town in the north-eastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located on a peninsula of the Adriatic Sea between Venice and Trieste. The comune (municipality) of Grado has an area of 114km², and a population of 8,691.

Once mainly a fishing center, today it is a popular tourist destination, known commonly as L'Isola del Sole ("The Sunny Island"), also famous because it is also a spa town; together with Marano Lagunare, it is the center of a lagoon, which is famous for its uncontaminated nature. Grado is the birthplace of Biagio Marin, a poet who sang about the island in the local Venetian dialect.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grado,_Italy
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Coordinates:   45°40'45"N   13°23'39"E

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  • i really enjoyed being there, it was only 2 days but very strong experience! in love with ITALY :) some photos: http://www.luiv.eu/2008/august/Grado/