Mira is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the southern Veneto, northern Italy. It is part of the

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and the 11th most populous comune of Veneto. It is situated on the Riviera del Brenta, midway between Padua and

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and it is crossed by SR11 Regional road. The main attractions are the Villa Foscari, designed by Andrea Palladio, and the Villa Widmann-Foscari. The southeastern part of Mira is characterized by "barene", typical lagoon saltmarshes which are periodically submerged by the tide crossed by tidal channels. These barene constitute a third of the whole municipal area.

People

* Giuseppe Carraro - Roman Catholic bishop; * Jacopo del Cassero - medieval politician mentioned by Dante Alighieri in the 5th canto of the Purgatory; * Maurizio Bacchin - mayor of Mira and member of the

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