<P> The main football club in the city is Venezia F.C., founded in 1907, which currently plays in the Serie B. Their ground, the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo situated in Sant'Elena, is one of the oldest venues in Italy . </P> <P> The local basketball club is Reyer Venezia Mestre, founded in 1872 as gymnastics club Società Sportiva Costantino Reyer, and in 1907 as basketball club . Reyer currently plays in the Lega Basket Serie A . The men's team won the Italian Championships in 1942, 1943 and 2017 . Their arena is the Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio situated in Mestre . Luigi Brugnaro is both the president of the club and the mayor of the city . </P> <P> Venice is a major international centre for higher education . The city hosts the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, founded in 1868; the Università Iuav di Venezia, founded in 1926; the Venice International University, an international research center, founded in 1995 and located on the island of San Servolo; and the EIUC - European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, located on the island of Lido di Venezia . </P> <P> Other Venetian institutions of higher education are: the "Accademia di Belle Arti" (Academy of Fine Arts), established in 1750, whose first Chairman was Giovanni Battista Piazzetta; and the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory of Music, which, established in 1876 as High School and Musical Society, later (1915) became "Liceo Musicale" and finally (1940), when its Director was Gian Francesco Malipiero, State Conservatory of Music . </P>

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