Giardino Papadopoli is a

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filled with shade trees in the Venetian

sestiere 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, M ...

of Santa Croce, between the

Venezia Santa Lucia 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 ...

train station and

Piazzale Roma Piazzale Roma is a square in Venice, Italy, at the entrance of the city, at the end of the Ponte della Libertà. Piazzale Roma and nearby Tronchetto island are the only places in Venice's insular urban core accessible to ground motor vehicles, s ...

. Its area is about 8,800 sq. m. The gardens occupy the lands of the demolished monastery of Santa Croce. The first park was laid out in 1834 by

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for the owners of the . In 1863, and Angelo commissioned Marco Quignon to expand and modify the gardens. A third of its area was destroyed in 1933 when the canal was constructed.

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* Gardens in Veneto Terraced gardens 1834 establishments in Italy {{Veneto-geo-stub