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5 6 Venice got its first female gondolier in 2010 By the 18th century, there were over 200 churches in Venice Over 15 million visitors flock to Venice every year 8 7 Venice has over 450 palaces (palazzi) and important buildings built in a mixture of styles such as Gothic, Byzantine and Baroque. 9 10 You could visit ten thousand times and never run out of new things to discover Venice is sinking at the rate of 1-2 millimetres a year 71