Where fo find Venetian people?
The Castello district, as we have already written in the previous post, is the most authentic and most popular area in all of Venice, especially the part that stretches out from the Arsenale area towards Campo Ruga, San Pietro di Castello and St. Isepus. Last time we described the most significant churches and monuments in the Castello area between San Marco and the Arsenale, in this article we will talk not only about monuments but also about the Venetian lifestyle of today and the past.
What is there to do in Castello?
Via Garibaldi is certainly one of the most authentic areas of the city. Full of shops, bars, bacari and restaurants, this wide street is full of Venetian life at all hours of the day: in the morning there are people who go to work and children who enter the local schools, then it comes alive with all the people who do shopping at the local markets, at lunch time many sit outside to enjoy something to eat while observing passers-by, while in the afternoon and evening it comes alive with many people chatting at a cafe or much more typically in front of a spritz or a prosecco in one of the many bacari along via Garibaldi.
What is there to see in Castello in the Via Garibaldi area?
The two exhibition venues of the Venice Biennale are located right next to via Garibaldi. In addition to contemporary art, it is really worth going to visit the church of San Pietro di Castello in this area of Castello, for centuries the cathedral of Venice with the seat of the Patriarch. Important architects have worked or prepared projects such as Mauro Codussi who built the bell tower or Palladio who designed the church, later built by two of his assistants. San Pietro is also rich in works of art by important artists such as Veronese, Padovanino, Luca Giordano and Morlaiter. Inside the church there is also the famous Chair of St. Peter, a legend tells that it was the one used by the saint when he was Bishop of Antioch. In reality, the splendid backrest has inscriptions from the Koran being the chair obtained from an Islamic funerary stele.
What is the most typical campo in Castello?
Campo Ruga is probably the most authentic area of Venice today. There its inhabitants constantly speak venetian dialect and animate the area with their traditions. At the end of June then there is the most popular festival in the city dedicated to Peter and Paul which is held in front of the church of San Pietro. Every evening concerts, barbecues, etc etc
Where does the Riva that runs along the San Marco Basin lead?
The shore that starts from Piazza San Marco continues and extends until it passes in front of the Gardens to arrive on the island of Sant’Elena, a residential area built at the beginning of the 1900s, but also interesting: a splendid city park, a place where you can find the Venice football stadium, surprisingly dedicated to an Aviator, Pier Luigi Penzo, and finally the splendid Gothic church from the 14th century dedicated to Saint Helen, mother of Constantine, where some of the saint’s remains are even kept. Along this entire route that goes from the city center to Sant’Elena there is a splendid view towards San Marco, San Giorgio, the Salute church and above all a broad view towards the south and west from which you can enjoy the colourful sunsets
Andrea Donà
Where fo find Venetian people?
The Castello district, as we have already written in the previous post, is the most authentic and most popular area in all of Venice, especially the part that stretches out from the Arsenale area towards Campo Ruga, San Pietro di Castello and St. Isepus. Last time we described the most significant churches and monuments in the Castello area between San Marco and the Arsenale, in this article we will talk not only about monuments but also about the Venetian lifestyle of today and the past.
What is there to do in Castello?
Via Garibaldi is certainly one of the most authentic areas of the city. Full of shops, bars, bacari and restaurants, this wide street is full of Venetian life at all hours of the day: in the morning there are people who go to work and children who enter the local schools, then it comes alive with all the people who do shopping at the local markets, at lunch time many sit outside to enjoy something to eat while observing passers-by, while in the afternoon and evening it comes alive with many people chatting at a cafe or much more typically in front of a spritz or a prosecco in one of the many bacari along via Garibaldi.
What is there to see in Castello in the Via Garibaldi area?
The two exhibition venues of the Venice Biennale are located right next to via Garibaldi. In addition to contemporary art, it is really worth going to visit the church of San Pietro di Castello in this area of Castello, for centuries the cathedral of Venice with the seat of the Patriarch. Important architects have worked or prepared projects such as Mauro Codussi who built the bell tower or Palladio who designed the church, later built by two of his assistants. San Pietro is also rich in works of art by important artists such as Veronese, Padovanino, Luca Giordano and Morlaiter. Inside the church there is also the famous Chair of St. Peter, a legend tells that it was the one used by the saint when he was Bishop of Antioch. In reality, the splendid backrest has inscriptions from the Koran being the chair obtained from an Islamic funerary stele.
What is the most typical campo in Castello?
Campo Ruga is probably the most authentic area of Venice today. There its inhabitants constantly speak venetian dialect and animate the area with their traditions. At the end of June then there is the most popular festival in the city dedicated to Peter and Paul which is held in front of the church of San Pietro. Every evening concerts, barbecues, etc etc
Where does the Riva that runs along the San Marco Basin lead?
The shore that starts from Piazza San Marco continues and extends until it passes in front of the Gardens to arrive on the island of Sant’Elena, a residential area built at the beginning of the 1900s, but also interesting: a splendid city park, a place where you can find the Venice football stadium, surprisingly dedicated to an Aviator, Pier Luigi Penzo, and finally the splendid Gothic church from the 14th century dedicated to Saint Helen, mother of Constantine, where some of the saint’s remains are even kept. Along this entire route that goes from the city center to Sant’Elena there is a splendid view towards San Marco, San Giorgio, the Salute church and above all a broad view towards the south and west from which you can enjoy the colourful sunsets
Andrea Donà