Venice is located in a lagoon.
Venice ( [ langˈvɛnɪs ] ; Venezia [ veˈnɛtsja ] ; Venesia [ - vecveˈnɛsja ] ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region . These are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon , an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers .