Venice is a city.
The Metropolitan City of Venice ( Città Metropolitana di Venezia ) is a metropolitan city in the Veneto region , Italy . Venice ( [ langˈvɛnɪs ] ; Venezia [ veˈnɛtsja ] ; Venesia [ - vecveˈnɛsja ] ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region . The city was historically the capital of the Republic of Venice . This made Venice a wealthy city throughout most of its history . Venice has been ranked the most beautiful city in the world as of 2016 .