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The town is a miniature version of Venice, with a few canals and the characteristic narrow streets known as calli; but while it is served by several medieval churches, Chioggia has no outstanding monuments.
Fishing is historically the livelihood of the port, and remains a significant economic sector. Other important modern industries include textiles, brick-making and steel; and Sottomarina, with 60 hotels and 17 campgrounds, is almost entirely given over to seafront tourism. Sottomarina is a frazione of Chioggia, occupying a sandbar 5.5 km long and up to 300 meters wide at the southern entrance to the Lagoon of Venice; a bridge connects it to Chioggia. The population of Sottomarina, about 25,000, with 60 hotels and 17 campgrounds, is almost entirely given over to seafront tourism. Info:
Population: about 52,000 inhabitants
-- Zip/postal code: 30015 -- Phone Area Code: 041
History
Although Chioggia and the suburb of Sottomarina are first mentioned in Pliny (NH III.xvi.121) as the fossa Clodia, they became important only in the Middle Ages, when for a time Chioggia was a minor rival of Venice, to which she succumbed, however, at the Battle of Chioggia, a decisive naval engagement between Venice and Genoa in June 1380.
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