Jesolo is a town and comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

in the province of Venice

Province of Venice

The Province of Venice is a province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Venice.It has an area of 2,467 km², and a total population of 829,418 . There are 44 comuni in the province . As of 2005, the main comuni by population are:-External links:* * : photos of...

, Italy

Italy

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.

Geography

The town lies north of Venice, between Eraclea

Eraclea

thumb|250px|right|Location of Eraclea in the province of Venice.Eraclea is a town and comune in the province of Venice, Veneto, Italy. SP42 goes through it.Eraclea Mare is the Lido of Eraclea....

 and Cavallino-Treporti

Cavallino-Treporti

Cavallino-Treporti is a town and comune in the province of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy.The commune occupies a peninsula which divides the Venetian Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea. The river Sile forms the north-eastern boundary with the comune of Jesolo...

. Jesolo gives its name to a lagoon

Lagoon

A lagoon is a body of shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the sea by some form of barrier. The EU's habitat directive defines lagoons as "expanses of shallow coastal salt water, of varying salinity or water volume, wholly or partially separated from the sea by sand banks or shingle,...

 (22 km²) on the Adriatic Sea

Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...

, between the rivers Sile

Sile River

The Sile is a 95 km river in northern Italy. Its resurgent springs are near Vedelago and it flows into the Venetian lagoon at the port of Piave Vecchia...

 and Piave. The urbanized area lies on an island of sorts, delimited by the riversPiave (at east), the Sile

Sile River

The Sile is a 95 km river in northern Italy. Its resurgent springs are near Vedelago and it flows into the Venetian lagoon at the port of Piave Vecchia...

 (at west), and an artificial canal called 'Cavetta'.

History

In Roman times the lagoon extended over the area now occupied by the town. There were several islands in the lagoon, the biggest of which was known as Equilium, the place of horses. It is thought that Jesolo represents a corruption of this name.

Economy

The city's economy is mostly based on tourism

Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...

. Jesolo is a famous seaside resort thanks to its abundant holiday facilities and its 15 km beach called Lido di Jesolo

Lido di Jesolo

thumb|250px|Location of Jesolo in the province of Venice.The Lido di Jesolo, or Jesolo Lido, is the beach area of the comune of Jesolo in the province of Venice, Italy. The place's economy is mostly based on tourism, because of its 15 km-long beach...

. At the height of its touristic life, Jesolo was hosting 6 million tourists per year. Currently these have dropped to around 4.5 million tourists per year due to the competition from new resort towns.

Notable people

• Petrus de Natalibus
  Petrus de Natalibus
  Petrus de Natalibus was an Italian bishop, and author of a collection of lives of the saints.No details of the early life of this hagiographer have been handed down to us. A Venetian, he consecrated himself to the ecclesiastical state, becoming a canon in Equilio . On 5 July 1370, he was elevated...
  
   (d. circa 1400), bishop
  Bishop
  A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
  
  of Equilio from 1370 to his death, and author who compiled the widely circulated book Legends of the Saints.

External links

• Informations about Jesolo
• Jesolo's Portal Non-profit portal with some information and utilities about Jesolo.
• Webcam from Jesolo Tourism Association.
• Touristic Informations Blog