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114  VENICE AREA B Y AREA

Street-by-Street: Castello

A stroll along the Riva degli Schiavoni is an
integral part of a visit to Venice. Glorious views
of San Giorgio Maggiore compensate for the
commercialized aspects of the quayside:
souvenir stalls, excursion touts and an
abundance of tourists. Associations with
literary figures are plentiful. Petrarch lived
at No. 4145, Henry James was offered “dirty”
lodgings at No. 4161, and Ruskin stayed at the 7 . Museo Diocesano d’Arte Sacra
Hotel Danieli. Inland, the quiet, unassuming The cloisters of the ancient
streets and squares of Castello provide a Benedictine monastery of
Sant’Apollonia herald
contrast to the bustling waterfront. the museum.

Palazzo Trevisan-Cappello, used
as a showroom for Murano glass,
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Crowds throng the Istrian stone Ponte E L L R
della Paglia – the “straw bridge” – for the best L L A
views of the neighbouring Bridge of Sighs, the C A C
covered bridge that links the Doge’s Palace
to the old prisons.
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5 Riva degli Schiavoni
This paved quayside was
established over 600 years San Zaccaria
ago, and widened in 1782. Paglia San Zaccaria
Danieli
4 Hotel Danieli
Joseph da Niel, after whom this
hotel was named, turned the
Palazzo Dandolo into a haunt for
19th-century writers and artists.
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