Talk:Aquileia/@comment-43309486-20191013084832

An interesting detail on the sidelines: If you have followed the animes, you will probably have noticed the portrayal of the city with its many waterways and canals. The shape of the depicted architecture inevitably reminds of Venice. This form of representation and the name of the city probably has the following reason: There was a city called Aquilea in the early Middle Ages of our earth. It was in northern Italy. Aquilea was destroyed after a long siege by the Huns under Attila. The survivors of this massacre fled down to the coast, where there was a wetland with many small islands. Here they founded a new city: Venice! Never again did they want to rely on the strength of their city walls. And that may be the reason why in the animes Aquilea was portrayed as Venice.