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Arsenale
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The immense Arsenale dockyard was founded, according to tradition...
Military Sites, Historic Districts / Sites Castello
 
Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo
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This large, attractive square is the site of three city landmarks:...
Squares Castello
 
Chiesa della Pietà
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Unwanted babies were left on the steps of this religious institute...
Religious Sites Castello
 
Chiostro di Sant'Apollonia
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Behind the Basilica and over a bridge, a short fondamenta leads...
Religious Sites Castello
 
Museo dei Dipinti Sacri Bizantini
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Housed in the former hospital of Baldassare Longhena's Scuola...
Museums / Galleries Castello
 
Museo Storico Navale
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A 12-foot replica of the doge's ceremonial boat, the Bucintoro,...
Museums / Galleries Castello
 
Ospedaletto
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This 16th-century "little hospital" (as the name translates)...
Museums / Galleries, Architectural Sites Castello
 
Osteria Sant'Elena
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A short calle inland from Sant'Elena's park is Osteria Sant'Elena...
Quick Bites Castello
 
Querini-Stampalia
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Home to the venerable Querini family for centuries, this Renaissance...
Museums / Galleries, Libraries Castello
 
Rosa Salva
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Baking and catering since 1879, the Rosa Salva family has their...
Quick Bites Castello
 
San Francesco della Vigna
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Legend says this is where an angel awakened St. Mark the Evangelist...
Religious Sites Castello
 
San Giorgio dei Greci
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With the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453, Venice's Greek...
Religious Sites Castello
 
San Giovanni in Bragora
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This humble redbrick church is said to have been one of the lagoon's...
Religious Sites Castello
 
San Pietro di Castello
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A 7th-century church dedicated to Byzantine saints Sergio and...
Religious Sites Castello
 
San Zaccaria
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When 12th-century doge Giustiniano Partecipazio paid a visit...
Religious Sites Castello
 
Sant'Elena
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Hermit monks in the ninth century built the first chapel on what...
Religious Sites Castello
 
Santa Maria Formosa
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Directed by his vision of a beautiful Madonna, 7th-century St...
Religious Sites Castello
 
Santi Giovanni e Paolo
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While Franciscan friars were laboring away on Santa Maria Gloriosa...
Religious Sites Castello
 
Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni
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Founded in 1451 by the Dalmatian community, which still owns...
Religious Sites Castello
 
Scuola Grande di San Marco
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Where else but in Venice will you find a city's main public hospital...
Museums / Galleries, Architectural Sites, Hospitals Castello
 
Via Garibaldi
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Castello's Via Garibaldi is the bazaar of bars, cafés...
Markets / Bazaars Castello


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