Venice is in Italy.
The Veneti ( in Latin , also Heneti ) were an Indo-European people who inhabited northeastern Italy , in an area corresponding to the modern-day region of Veneto . Republic of Venice . Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia ) , was a sovereign state and maritime republic in northeastern Italy , which existed for a millennium between the 8th century and the 18th century . Venice . The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century BC .