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Venice (English /ˈvɛnɪs/ VEN-iss; Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja]) is a city in northeastern Italy sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. It is located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline, between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture, and its artwork. The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site, along with its lagoon.
Venice is the capital of the Veneto region. In 2009, there were 270,098 people residing in Venice's comune (the population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia; of whom around 60,000 live in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico); 176,000 in Terraferma (the mainland), mostly in the large frazioni (roughly equivalent to "parishes" or "wards" in other countries) of Mestre and Marghera; and 31,000 on other islands in the lagoon). Together with Padua and Treviso, the city is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), with a total population of 2,600,000. PATREVE is only a statistical metropolitan area without any degree of autonomy.
I saw a flag wave heavy over me
I saw the Virgin
For a moment, I believed
You said you'd save me
But I don't want to be saved
I just want to be loved
And to love always
I felt my lips move
But the words they were not mine
I saw you crying
For a moment I could see
You said you'd save me
But I don't want to be saved, no no
I just want to be loved
And to love always
You said you'd save me
But I don't want to be saved, no no
I just want to be loved
And to love always
Yeah, and it's okay
Well, I know what's confusing me
I know what I want to see
I know where I want to be
Then an angel was flying next to me
No hesitation
For a moment I was free
You said you'd save me
But I don't want to be saved
I just want to be loved
And to love always
All I want is to be loved
And to love always, always
I just want to be loved
And to love always