THE LIDO,

AND

PORT ST. NICOLAS.

Drawn by C. Stanfield, A.R.A.

THE Lido, or shore, may be considered the natural breakwater of Venice: it is a sand embankment, about two miles from St. Mark's Place at its nearest point. It extends nearly twenty miles from Chioggia to the Port of St. Nicolas du Lido. There are three entrances to the Lagunes: the most southern is the Port di Chioggia; that in the middle is the Port of Malamocco; between these two is one of the finest sea embankments in the world, called the Murazzi of the Lido de Palestrina. The most northern entrance is the subject of the Plate, the Port of St. Nicolas. The city appears in the extreme distance within. Below the Port of St. Nicolas is the Lido de Malamocco, bearing the more general name of Lido, the favourite shore for enjoying the sea breezes of the Adriatic. On the Lagune side of this embankment are gardens and meadows. Lord Byron, in writing to Mr. Moore (Letter 307),