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Venice is divided into six districts, known as 'Sestieri'. Each
'Sestiere' is subdivided into Parishes, the smallest administrative
and social units of the city as early as the 11C (there were 70
then). They were reduced in number during the Napoleonic occupation,
when religious orders were suppressed and churches and monasteries
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| Nevertheless, today there there are
still over a hundred religious buildings distribuited over the 38
Parishes. Note that the numbering of the houses does not necessarily
follow the streets, but is according to the 'Sestiere' (hence the
hihg numbers). VENICE'S SIX SESTIERI: Cannaregio Santa Croce San Polo Dorsoduro San Marco Castello |
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| The Scuole. Religious Confraternities and Trade Guilds |
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| These are buldings that from the 13C onwards housed the confraternities, associations of lay persons devoted to charity and the provision of mutual aid that met for devotional purposes. Often linked to a trade guild, the scuole were dedicated to a patron saint and took part in public and private ceremonies. Even on the exterior, the architecture of these meeting houses reveals their functions: religious services on the ground floor and large assemblies of members on the upper one. | |
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| Paola - Guide editor | |
 Moving
around Venice is a unique experience. There are, in fact, two ways
of getting about the city that are completely independent of each
other: on land, through the calli (streets), campi (squares)
and fondamenta, (waterside streets); and by water, along the
canals and rii (the rio is an internal canal). Extending
throughout the city, these two networks only meet at the bridges.
There are about 400 of the latter in Venice, the longest obviously
being the Ponte della Libertà linking the city to the mainland.
The first part of this, the railway bridge, was built in 1846 on 222
stone arches and is about 3,500 metres in length. The term rio
terrà refers to streets created by filling in of canals. |
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