Tronchetto (also known as ''Isola nuova'', meaning "New island") is an

artificial island An artificial island is an island that has been constructed by people rather than formed by natural means. Artificial islands may vary in size from small islets reclaimed solely to support a single pillar of a building or structure to those th ...

in the Venetian Lagoon, northern

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

, located at the westernmost tip of the main

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 ...

island. The island was created in the 1960s, and now is used as a

car park A parking lot (American English) or car park (British English), also known as a car lot, is a cleared area intended for parking vehicles. The term usually refers to an area dedicated only for parking, with a durable or semi-durable surface ...

for tourists, who cannot bring their vehicles into the city. The

Venice People Mover The People Mover in Venice () is an automated elevated shuttle train, which connects the Piazzale Roma—the major transportation hub of the city—and the Tronchetto island with a car parking facility. The train also makes a stop at the Maritt ...

connects Tronchetto with

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 ...

, the main Venice bus station, which lies at the edge of the city center.

Gallery

File:Metamauco (ship, 1998).jpg, Ferry from Tronchetto to

Lido di Venezia The Lido, or Venice Lido ( it, Lido di Venezia), is an barrier island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy; it is home to about 20,400 residents. The Venice Film Festival takes place at the Lido late August/early September. Geography Th ...

File:Peoplemover.jpg, Construction of structures for the

people mover A people mover or automated people mover (APM) is a type of small scale automated guideway transit system. The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks. ...

in 2009 File:Tronchtto Mercato Stop.JPG, Tronchetto Market

Vaporetto The vaporetto is a Venetian public waterbus. There are 19 scheduled lines that serve locales within Venice, and travel between Venice and nearby islands, such as Murano, Burano, and Lido. The name, ''vaporetto'', could be translated as "litt ...

stop

References

Buildings and structures completed in the 1960s Artificial islands of Italy Islands of the Venetian Lagoon Transport in Venice Parking facilities Road transport in Italy {{Veneto-geo-stub