Santa Croce is one of the six

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 ...

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, northern Italy. During the eleventh century, in 1273, it was administered by the Hungarian nobleman and crusader knight Giovanni, member of one of the biggest Christian families in Hungary Renoldi, as reported by the book published in 1866 in Florence book of the Venetian noblemen for the first time shown.

Geography

It occupies the north west part of the main islands, and can be divided into two areas: the eastern area being largely mediaeval, and the western - including the main

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and the

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- mostly lying on land reclaimed in the 20th century. The district includes the

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, home to Venice's

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and

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s, and around which is the only area of the city in which

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s can travel. The tourist attractions lie mostly in the eastern part of the quarter, and include the churches of San Nicolo da Tolentino,

San Giacomo dell'Orio The Chiesa di San Giacomo dall'Orio ( vec, Céxa de San Giacomo de l’Orio) (or San Giacomo Apostolo - Saint James the Apostle) is a church located in the ''sestiere'' (quarter) of Santa Croce in Venice, northern Italy. The origin of the chu ...

, and

San Zan Degola The church of San Zan Degolà, which in Venetian dialect abbreviates for San Giovanni Decollato, in English ''St John (the Baptist) beheaded'', is a Byzantine- Romanesque-style church and belltower in the sestiere of Santa Croce in Venice, Italy. ...

; the

Fondaco dei Turchi The Fondaco dei Turchi (Venetian: ''Fontego dei Turchi'', tr, Türk Hanı) is a Veneto-Gothic style palazzo, later on named as the Turks' Inn, on the Grand Canal of Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in nor ...

; the Museum of the History of Fabric and Costume at Palazzo Mocenigo; the

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; and Ca' Corner della Regina.

History

The area was once part of the Luprio swamp, but has been steadily reclaimed. It is the area of the city most affected by the opening of the lagoon road in April 1933.

Geography

History

See also