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== [[Real Life]] ==

* [[Venice]], obviously.

* In addition, several cities are titled "The Venice of..." because of the identification of this trope with the city. These include Amsterdam in <s>Holland</s> [[the Netherlands]], Hamburg in [[Germany]], St. Petersburg in [[Russia]], Stockholm in [[Sweden]], ~~Ft.~~ Lauderdale in the [[United States ~~of America|USA~~]], Birmingham in the [[United Kingdom]], and Recife in Brazil; and of course "the Venice of Asia," [[Bangkok]] in [[Thailand]].

* In addition, several cities are titled "The Venice of..." because of the identification of this trope with the city. These include Amsterdam in <s>Holland</s> [[the Netherlands]], Hamburg in [[Germany]], St. Petersburg in [[Russia]], Stockholm in [[Sweden]], Fort Lauderdale in the [[The United States]], Birmingham in the [[United Kingdom]], and Recife in Brazil; and of course "the Venice of Asia," [[Bangkok]] in [[Thailand]].

{{quote|'''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue|Humphrey Lyttleton]]''': Birmingham, known as the "Venice of the North", by people who haven't been to Venice.}}

* Tenochtitlan, the capital of the [[Aztec]] empire, which was located on top of Lake Texcoco in what is now [[Mexico]]. However, seeing as it was the seat of power of an ancient Native American culture far removed from anything resembling European culture, it really [[Captain Obvious|wasn't anything like Venice]] but even [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|more beautiful]] according to the historical accounts.