Sacca Fisola is an artificial

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

in the Venetian Lagoon. It is a largely modern residential area.

Geography

Sacca Fisola lies at the western end of the

Giudecca Giudecca (; vec, Zueca) is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, in northern Italy. It is part of the ''sestiere'' of Dorsoduro and is a locality of the ''comune'' of Venice. Geography Giudecca lies immediately south of the central islands of Ven ...

- to which it is connected by bridge - and north of

Sacca San Biagio ''Sacca'' ( sa, Satya सत्य) is a Pali word meaning "real" or "true". In early Buddhist literature, ''sacca'' is often found in the context of the " Four Noble Truths", a crystallization of Buddhist wisdom. In addition, ''sacca'' is one ...

. It is home to a

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. File:Sacca Fisola.png, Location of Sacca Fisola in Venice

Festivals and events

The island has a weekly Thursday

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Demographics

It has a reputation for the

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leanings of its voting-age population."Perdersi a Venezia"
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Gallery

File:R0300010.jpg, Bridge connecting Sacca Fisola with Giudecca File:Sacca fisola lungo canale dei lavraneri.jpg, Carabinier barracks File:R0300009.jpg, Houses File:Appontement Sacca Fisola.jpg, Boat stop

References

Geography of Venice Islands of the Venetian Lagoon {{Veneto-geo-stub