Pellestrina is an
island in northern
Italy, forming a barrier between the southern
Venetian Lagoon and the
Adriatic Sea, lying south west of the
Lido.
The island is long and has since the eighteenth century been bounded to its seaward side by large
embankments. There are four main villages:
San Pietro in Volta,
Porto Secco
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,
Sant' Antonio di Pellestrina and
Pellestrina, known for their colourfully-painted houses.
The main industries of the island are
market gardening,
fishing,
tourism and
lace making. Like that in
Chioggia but unlike that in
Torcello, the local lace is made with a
needle
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Crafting
* Crochet needle, a tool for making loops in thread or yarn
* Knitting needle, a tool for knitting, not as sharp as a sewing needle
* Sewing needle, a long slender tool with a pointed tip
* Trussing needle, a long sl ...
. Attractions on the island included the
Lido of Ca' Roman
Lido may refer to:
Geography Africa
* Lido, a district in the city of Fez, Morocco
Asia
* Lido, an area in Chaoyang District, Beijing
* Lido, a cinema theater in Siam Square shopping area in Bangkok
* Lido City, a resort in West Java owned by M ...
, known for its
pine trees and
birdlife.
In fiction
Donna Leon's
crime fiction novel ''
A Sea of Troubles
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'' (2001)
takes place on Pellestrina. The protagonist, Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice police, must solve the murders of two clam fishermen off the shore of Pellestrina and encounters great difficulty conducting an investigation when faced with the island's close-knit community, bound together by a code of loyalty and a suspicion of outsiders. Though a native of Venice, which is a short boat ride away, to the islanders he is a foreigner.
Cenzo Vianelli, the hero of ''
The Girl from Venice'' (2016), a novel written by
Martin Cruz Smith, lives and works as a fisherman in Pellestrina in 1945.
Gallery
File:Venezia - Murazzi Pellestrina.jpg, View of the wall
File:Pellestrina.jpg, Pellestrina view from the boat dock
File:Pellestrina-June2016.jpg, Aerial view of a part of the island
File:Pellestrina_Traghetto_Lido_R01.jpg, Landing stage of Santa Maria del Mare (Pellestrina) seen from the ferry leaving for the Lido
File:Pellestrina_S_Maria_del_Mare_R01.jpg, The ''Casa dell'Ospitalità'' at the northern point of Pellestrina Island
See also
*
List of islands of Italy
References
{{Islands of the Venetian Lagoon
Islands of the Venetian Lagoon
20th-century establishments in Venice
Barrier islands