Canale di Cannaregio - Viewed from Grand Canal

Cannaregio () is the northernmost of the six historic ''

sestieri A (plural: ) is a subdivision of certain Italian towns and cities. The word is from (‘sixth’), so it is thus used only for towns divided into six districts. The best-known example is the ''sestieri'' of Venice, but Ascoli Piceno, Genoa, Mi ...

'' (districts) of

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

. It is the second largest ''sestiere'' by land area and the largest by population, with 13,169 people .

Isola di San Michele The Island of San Michele ( it, isola di San Michele, ; vec, ìxoła de San Michièl) is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, Veneto, northern Italy. It is associated with the sestiere of Cannaregio, from which it lies a short distance northeast. ...

, the historic

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island, is associated with the district.

History

The Cannaregio Canal, which was the main route into the city until the construction of a railway link to the mainland, gave the district its name (Canal Regio is Italian for Royal Canal). Development began in the eleventh century as the area was drained and parallel

canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow un ...

s were dredged. Although elegant palazzos were built facing the Grand Canal, the area grew primarily with

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housing and

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. Beginning in 1516,

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were restricted to living in the

Venetian Ghetto The Venetian Ghetto was the area of Venice in which Jews were forced to live by the government of the Venetian Republic. The English word ''ghetto'' is derived from the Jewish ghetto in Venice. The Venetian Ghetto was instituted on 29 March 151 ...

. It was enclosed by guarded gates and no one was allowed to leave from sunset to dawn. However, Jews held successful positions in the city such as merchants, physicians, money lenders, and other trades. Restrictions on daily Jewish life continued for more than 270 years, until

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conquered the Venetian Republic in 1797. He removed the gates and gave all residents the freedom to live where they chose. Santa Maria degli Scalzi (Venice)

In the 19th century, civil engineers built a street named Strada Nuova through Cannaregio, and a

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and

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were constructed to connect Venice directly to

Mestre Mestre () is a borough of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Venice, on the mainland opposite the historical island city in the region of Veneto, Italy. Administratively, Mestre forms (together with the nearby Carpenedo) the ''Municipalità di ...

. Today, the areas of the district along the Grand Canal from the train station to the Rialto Bridge are packed with tourists, but the rest of Cannaregio is residential and relatively peaceful, with morning markets, neighborhood shops, and small cafés.

Main sights

Venezia Santa Lucia railway station Venezia Santa Lucia ( it, Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia) is the central station of Venice in the north-east of Italy. It is a terminus and located at the northern edge of Venice's historic city ( it, Centro storico). The station is one of Ven ...

Ponte delle Guglie The Ponte delle Guglie is one of two bridges in Venice, Italy, to span the Cannaregio Canal. It lies near the western end of the canal, by the Venezia Santa Lucia railway station. An earlier wooden bridge was built in 1285. It was replaced by th ...

Ponte dei Tre Archi The ''Ponte dei Tre Archi'' (Italian for "Three Arches' Bridge") is one of the main bridges of Venice, Italy, along with the '' Ponte delle Guglie'', the other bridge spanning the Cannaregio Canal, and the four bridges spanning the ''Canal Grande ...

Palazzo Bollani Erizzo Palazzo Bolani Erizzo is an ancient Venetian palace of the 13th century, built along the Grand Canal in the Cannaregio district. It stands wall to wall with Palazzo Dolfin. History The palazzo was the ancient residence of the poet Pietro Aretino ...

Palazzo Bonfadini Vivante Palazzo Bonfadini Vivante is a palace in Venice, Italy located in the Cannaregio district and overlooking the Cannaregio canal. The neighboring buildings are Palazzo Savorgnan and Palazzo Testa. History The palace was built in the 16th centur ...

* Palazzo Calbo Crotta * Palazzo Contarini Pisani *

Palazzo Correr Contarini Zorzi Palazzo Correr Contarini Zorzi is a Renaissance palace in Venice, Italy, overlooking the Grand Canal and locating in the Cannaregio district between Palazzo Querini Papozze and Palazzo Gritti. The palazzo is also known as Ca' dei Cuori, a family ...

Palazzo Giustinian Pesaro Palazzo Giustinian Pesaro is a Gothic palace located in Venice, Italy, in the Cannaregio district and overlooking the Grand Canal. The palazzo is situated between Ca' d'Oro and Palazzo Morosini Sagredo. History The palace dates back to the late ...

Palazzo Falier Palazzo Falier is a civil building located in Venice, Italy in the Cannaregio district. The palazzo is particularly known for having been the home of Marin Falier, Doge of the Republic of Venice, who was executed for attempting a coup d'état. H ...

Palazzo Labia Palazzo Labia is a baroque palace in Venice, Italy. Built in the 17th–18th century, it is one of the last great palazzi of Venice. Little known outside of Italy, it is most notable for the remarkable frescoed ballroom painted 1746–47 by Giova ...

Palazzo Mastelli del Cammello Palazzo Mastelli del Cammello is a Gothic palace in Venice, Italy. It is located in Cannaregio district, on the Campo dei Mori and the Rio Madonna dell'Orto. History The building formerly belonged to three silk and spices merchant brothers (Rioba ...

Palazzo Memmo Martinengo Mandelli Palazzo Memmo Martinengo Mandelli (also known as Ca' Memmo) is a palace in Venice, Italy, located in the Cannaregio district, overlooking the left side of the Grand Canal, between Palazzo Gritti Dandolo and the Church of San Marcuola. Histor ...

Palazzo Michiel del Brusà Palazzo Michiel del Brusà is a palace located in Venice, more precisely in the Cannaregio district, and overlooking the Grand Canal. The building is located between Palazzo Michiel dalle Colonne and Palazzo Smith Mangilli Valmarana. History ...

Palazzo Nani Palazzo Nani is a Renaissance palace in the Cannaregio district of Venice, Italy. History The palazzo was built in the 16th century to be a residence of the Nani family of the "Cannaregio" branch (later Nani Mocenigo). In the 1680s, the palazzo ...

Palazzo Savorgnan Palazzo Savorgnan is a palace in Venice, Italy, located in the Cannaregio district and overlooking Canale di Cannaregio, to the right of Palazzo Priuli Manfrin. Attribution Built in the 17th century for the noble Savorgnan family, the palazzo i ...

Palazzo Surian Bellotto Palazzo Surian Bellotto is a Baroque palace in Venice, Italy. The palazzo is located in the Cannaregio district and overlooks the Cannaregio Canal. History This palace, one among the most imposing of the Cannaregio Canal, was built in the 17th ...

* Palazzo Smith Mangilli Valmarana *

Palazzo Testa Palazzo Testa is a small Gothic palace in Venice, Italy, located in the Cannaregio district and overlooking the Canale di Cannaregio. History The palazzo was built in the 15th century but underwent numerous alterations between the 16th and 19t ...

Ca' Vendramin Calergi Ca' Loredan Vendramin Calergi is a 15th-century palace on the Grand Canal (Venice), Grand Canal in the ''sestiere'' (quarter) of Cannaregio in Venice, northern Italy. It was commissioned by the patrician House of Loredan, Loredan dynasty, namely ...

Ca' d'Oro The Ca' d'Oro or Palazzo Santa Sofia is a palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, northern Italy. One of the older palaces in the city, its name means "golden house" due to the gilt and polychrome external decorations which once adorned its walls. ...

* Sacca della Misericordia

Churches

See: '' List of Churches in Cannaregio'' * ''Santa Maria di Nazareth'', known as ''

Chiesa degli Scalzi Santa Maria degli Scalzi or Chiesa degli Scalzi may refer to: * Scalzi (Verona) * Scalzi (Venice) {{Disambiguation, church ...

'' * '' Santa Maria dei Miracoli'' * '' Sant'Alvise'' * ''

San Giovanni Crisostomo San Giovanni Grisostomo (English: Saint John Chrysostom) is a small church in the ''sestiere'' or neighborhood of Cannaregio, Venice. The church was founded in 1080, destroyed by fire in 1475, then rebuilt starting in 1497 by Mauro Codussi and his ...

'' * ''

San Geremia San Geremia is a church in Venice, northern Italy, located in the ''sestiere'' of Cannaregio. The apse of the church faces the Grand Canal (Venice), between the Palazzo Labia and the Palazzo Flangini, Venice, Palazzo Flangini. The edifice is popul ...

'' * '' San Canciano'' * ''

Madonna dell'Orto The Madonna dell'Orto is a church in Venice, Italy, in the ''sestiere'' of Cannaregio. History The church was erected by the now-defunct religious order the "Humiliati" in the mid-14th century, under the direction of Tiberio da Parma, who is bu ...

'' * ''

Abbazia della Misericordia The Church of the Abbey of Misericordia (Italian: ''Santa Maria dell'Abbazia della Misericordia'' or ''Santa Maria di Valverde'') is a religious edifice in Venice, Italy, in the ''sestiere'' Cannaregio Cannaregio () is the northernmost of t ...

References

External links

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Photos of Cannaregio: canals, shops, markets -- Visit Venice
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History

Main sights

Churches

See also

References

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