Jesolo (Italian pronunciation:[ˈjɛːzolo];Venetian:Gèzoło) is a seaside resort town andcomune of 26,873 inhabitants in theMetropolitan City of Venice,Italy.With around 5.5 million visitors per year, Jesolo ranks second among beach resorts in the country for number of tourists, and third in terms of nights spent there. It ranks 6th overall as a tourist destination, immediately behind the major cities of Rome, Milan, Venice and Florence. With 204,711.4 visits per thousand inhabitants, it is also one of the 50 Italian towns with the greatest tourist pressure.Its 15 kilometres of beaches and proximity toCentral Europe make it a favourite destination of many German, Austrian, Dutch and French visitors.
The town lies north of Venice, betweenEraclea andCavallino-Treporti. Jesolo gives its name to alagoon of 22 square kilometres (8.5 mi2) on theAdriatic Sea between the riversSile andPiave. The urbanized area lies on an island of sorts, delimited by the riversPiave (on the east) andSile (on the west), and an artificial canal calledCavetta, which starts from the center of Jesolo and goes towards Cortellazzo.
The Jesolo area stretches along the Venetian coast on a flat landscape overlooking theAdriatic Sea and edged by Jesolo’s own lagoon (22 km), and by the riversSile andPiave. This latter is edged by the oppositeLaguna del Mort. The valley of Dragojesolo together with that of Grassabò, is the largest in the northern lagoon of Venice. The coastal strip is low and sandy, consisting of an uninterrupted beach about 12 kilometres long and varying in thickness between 30 and 100 metres.
In Roman times the lagoon extended over the area now occupied by the town. There were several islands in the lagoon, the biggest of which was known asEquilium, the place of horses. It is thought that Jesolo represents a corruption of this name. On August 1, 2023 atornado touched down in the town.
The ancient name of Jesolo wasEquilium (from theLatinequos or fromVeneticekvo) which means "town of horses". The name refers to the breeding of horses, for which the ancient Venetians were famous. The current name of Jesolo probably comes from a series of transcription errors of the oldest name (Equilo, Esulo, Lesulo, Jexulo, Jexollo, Jesolum, Giesolo). From the 16th century until 1930, Jesolo was calledCavazuccherina. This name came from the canal of the same name (in VenetianCava), opened on 20 April and built by Alvise Zucharin (Zuccherina).
The official spelling used by the municipality is Jesolo but in the same time, the spelling Iesolo is also erroneously used. The use of "J" here is a rare example of a retained archaism, as the letter does not exist in the modern standard Italian alphabet, except in loanwords and proper names.
The city's economy is mostly based ontourism. Jesolo is a seaside resort with abundant holiday facilities and its 15-kilometre (9 mi) beach called the Lido di Jesolo. At the height of its popularity Jesolo was hosting 6.5 million tourists per year. Competition from new resort towns has reduced the numbers in more recent years. In 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jesolo has registered around 3.5 million nights, ranking second among Italian beaches overall.
Dragan Cigan (1975-2007), Bosnian construction worker and a nonswimmer who jumped into a whirlpool to save two children from drowning before drowning himself. He was awarded theGold Medal for Civil Valor and a street in Jesolo was named after him.[4]
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