Eraclea

Comune di Eraclea
Municipal coat of arms
Location of Eraclea in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Province	Venice (VE)
Mayor	Graziano Teso
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Area	99 km² (38.2 sq mi)
Population (as of February 28, 2007)
- Total	12.695
- Density	0/km² (0/sq mi)
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	45°35′00″N 12°41′00″E / 45.583333, 12.683333
Gentilic	Eracleensi
Dialing code	0421
Postal code	30020
Frazioni	Brian, Ca' Turcata, Eracleamare, Ponte Crepaldo, Stretti, Torre di Fine, Valcasoni
Patron	Santa Maria Assunta
- Day	15 August
Website: [http://www.comuneeraclea.it

Eraclea is a town in the province of Venice, Veneto, Italy. SP42 goes through it. Eraclea Mare is the Lido of Eraclea.

Panorama of Eraclea's pinewood

It is located on the Adriatic Sea near the coast between the rivers Piave and Livenza and between two famous touristic towns: Caorle and Jesolo. Eraclea Mare is famous cause of its pinewood and "Mort lagoon" (in italian: Laguna del Mort).

Eracleamare, one of the destinations of summer tourism on the Adriatic riviera, is together with Jesolo and Caorle one of the best known seaside resort on the Venetian coast. Within the last year, a steady growth of foreign tourists, especially from Germany, has been recorded.

EracleaMare is the best place for a family holiday, where everyone can be cuddled by the soft sound of the sea waves and play with the kids on a not crowded beach.

The Mort Lagoon, an very particular and evocative naturalistic site, was caused by the overflowing of the Piave river in 1935, whose bed was modified in its last stretch after a big flood. This place stretches between the Eraclea's Lido and the mouth of the Piave river and it is a sea-lagoon, being supplied with water only by the flood-tides. Still uncontaminated, the Mort is characterized by shallow and calm waters with a sandy and muddy seabed, rich in phytoplankton.

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The beach at Eraclea

Sea in Eraclea

[edit] External resources

• Eraclea's Tourism Portal You can find helpful information about accommodation, Hotels, excursions, etc. in Eraclea.
• Eracleamare's Portal Non-profit portal with some information and utilities about Eraclea Mare.
• (Google Maps)

[edit] Webcams

• Webcam live service on Eraclea's beach Free provided by Eracleamare.net

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Coordinates: 45°35′N 12°41′E / 45.583, 12.683

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