The region (Italian: Veneto) is located in the north-east of Italy and is divided into the provinces of Belluno, Padua, Rovigo, Treviso, Venice (metropolitan city), Verona and Vicenza. It borders the four regions of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in the east, Trentino-Alto Adige and Lombardy in the west and Emilia-Romagna in the south. The northern tip borders Austria. The landscape and climate are also characterised by the 150-kilometre-long Adriatic coast.
Viticulture was already practised here by the Etruscans. Later, the Romans arrived and appreciated the ancient Raeticum wine mentioned by Pliny the Elder (23-79), supposedly a forerunner of today's Recioto wines. In the 15th century, the Republic of Venice ruled the Mediterranean. At this time, viticulture experienced a heyday.
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