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Dorsoduro is one of the six sestieri of

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

, in northern Italy. Dorsoduro includes the highest land areas of the city and also Giudecca island and

Isola Sacca Fisola Sacca Fisola is an artificial island in the Venetian Lagoon. It is a largely modern residential area. Geography Sacca Fisola lies at the western end of the Giudecca - to which it is connected by bridge - and north of Sacca San Biagio. It is ho ...

. Its name derives from the Italian for "hard ridge", due to its comparatively high, stable land.

History

The original heart of the area was the Giudecca Canal, along which buildings were constructed from the sixth century. By the eleventh century, settlement had spread across to the Grand Canal, while later religious buildings including the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute and the Zattere quay are now its main landmarks. In the nineteenth century the Accademia was set up in Dorsoduro and the

Ponte dell'Accademia The Ponte dell'Accademia is one of only four bridges to span the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. It crosses near the southern end of the canal, and is named for the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, which from 1807 to 2004 was housed in the ...

linked it to San Marco, making it an expensive area, popular with foreign residents. The western quarter end and the Giudecca, became industrialised around this time.

Main sights

Landmarks and visitor attractions in Dorsoduro include: * Ca' Foscari *

Ca' Rezzonico Ca' Rezzonico () is a palazzo and art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro ''sestiere'' of Venice, Italy. It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and dis ...

* Campo San Barnaba * Campo San Gregorio *Campo Santa Margherita * Gallerie dell'Accademia * Peggy Guggenheim Collection * Il Redentore (church) *

Le Zitelle Le Zitelle (officially Santa Maria della Presentazione) is a church in Venice, Italy. It is part of a former complex which gave shelter to young maidens ("zitelle" in Italian) who had no dowry, and is in the easternmost part of the Giudecca is ...

*Ospedale Giustinian * Palazzo Ariani * Palazzo Brandolin Rota *

Palazzo Dario The Palazzo Dario is a palace located between the Palazzo Barbaro Wolkoff and the narrow Rio delle Torreselle on the Grand Canal of Venice, Grand Canal in the sestiere of Dorsoduro, of the city of Venice, Italy. The palace was built in the Vene ...

* Palazzo Giustinian Recanati * Palazzo Mocenigo Gambara * Palazzo Orio Semitecolo Benzon * Palazzo Zenobio * Punta della Dogana ** Dogana da Mar ** Santa Maria della Salute (church) * San Pantalon (church) * San Trovaso (church) * Santa Maria del Carmelo (church) * San Sebastiano (church) * Scuola Grande dei Carmini * Church of Ognissanti

External links

* {{Coord, 45, 25, 51.60, N, 12, 19, 33.60, E, type:city_region:IT-VE_source:dewiki, display=title Sestieri of Venice Geography of Venice