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Dorsoduro is one of the six sestieri of

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

, in northern Italy. Dorsoduro includes the highest land areas of the city and also Giudecca island and

Isola Sacca Fisola Sacca Fisola is an artificial island in the Venetian Lagoon. It is a largely modern residential area. Geography Sacca Fisola lies at the western end of the Giudecca - to which it is connected by bridge - and north of Sacca San Biagio. It is hom ...

. Its name derives from the Italian for "hard ridge", due to its comparatively high, stable land.

History

The original heart of the area was the Giudecca Canal, along which buildings were constructed from the sixth century. By the eleventh century, settlement had spread across to the Grand Canal, while later religious buildings including the

Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute Santa Maria della Salute ( en, Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy. It stands on the narr ...

and the Zattere

quay A wharf, quay (, also ), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more berths ( mooring locati ...

are now its main landmarks. In the nineteenth century the Accademia was set up in Dorsoduro and the Ponte dell'Accademia linked it to San Marco, making it an expensive area, popular with foreign residents. The western quarter end and the Giudecca, became industrialised around this time.

Main sights

Landmarks and visitor attractions in Dorsoduro include: * Ca' Foscari * Ca' Rezzonico * Campo San Barnaba *

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*Campo Santa Margherita * Gallerie dell'Accademia * Peggy Guggenheim Collection * Il Redentore (church) *

Le Zitelle Le Zitelle (officially Santa Maria della Presentazione) is a church in Venice, Italy. It is part of a former complex which gave shelter to young maidens ("zitelle" in Italian) who had no dowry, and is in the easternmost part of the Giudecca isla ...

*Ospedale Giustinian * Palazzo Ariani * Palazzo Brandolin Rota * Palazzo Dario * Palazzo Giustinian Recanati * Palazzo Mocenigo Gambara * Palazzo Orio Semitecolo Benzon *

Palazzo Zenobio The Ca' Zenobio degli Armeni (Palazzo Zenobio, Ca' Zenobio) is a Baroque-style palace structure in the sestiere of Dorsoduro, in Venice, Italy. The nearby bridge Ponte del Soccorso connects it to the Palazzo Ariani. History The palace initially wa ...

* Punta della Dogana ** Dogana da Mar ** Santa Maria della Salute (church) * San Pantalon (church) * San Trovaso (church) * Santa Maria del Carmelo (church) * San Sebastiano (church) * Scuola Grande dei Carmini *

Church of Ognissanti The chiesa di San Salvatore di Ognissanti or more simply chiesa di Ognissanti (; "Church of All Saints"), is a Franciscan church located on the piazza of the same name in central Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. Founded by the lay order of th ...

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* {{Coord, 45, 25, 51.60, N, 12, 19, 33.60, E, type:city_region:IT-VE_source:dewiki, display=title Sestieri of Venice Geography of Venice