The Sestiere Santa Croce is in the central western part of Venice, along the upper bend of the Grand Canal.
Today, the Tronchetto, the cruiser terminals and the Maritime station are parts of Santa Croce. They are, however, modern constructions reclaimed from the lagoon.
The now demolished church of Santa Croce on a painting by Bernardo Bellotto […]
The Sestiere Cannaregio is the second largest of the six, extending from the railroad station to the Rialto. It covers almost half of the northern part of Venice.
The Sestiere San Marco is the central part of the city, bounded by the Grand Canal on three sides and a line from the Rialto to the Doge’s Palace on the last. It is one of the smallest of the sestieri, but probably the most important.
The vicinity to the economic centre at Rialto and the political centre at St Mark’s made this the absolutely most […]