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94  VENICE AREA B Y AREA

Street-by-Street: Around La Fenice

West of the huge expanse of the ever-crowded Piazza San Campo San Fantin has a
Marco there is a labyrinth of alleys to explore. At the centre of late Renaissance church,
San Fantin, with a
this part of the sestiere is Campo San Fantin, flanked by the particularly beautiful apse
Renaissance church of San Fantin. Nearby is the Ateneo designed by Jacopo
Veneto, formerly a scuola whose members had the unenviable Sansovino.
role of escorting prisoners to the scaffold. The narrow streets MAnin
around these sights have some wonderfully exotic little
CAMpo
shops, while the Calle Larga XXII Marzo, further south, boasts
big names in Italian fashion. The quarter in general has some R
excellent restaurants but, being San Marco, the prices C d C o R T e S i A i
in the majority of establishments are fairly steep. o d i S A n L u C A

R i o d V e R o n A

r . La Fenice
C A L L e d V e R o n A
The opera house
gained its name (“the
phoenix”) after a fire in
1836. Destroyed by fire
again in 1996, it is now
C deL FRuTTARoL
beautifully restored.

CALLe deLLA FeniCe FAnTin
SAn
CAMpo

Rio deLLe VeSTe

Rio S MARiA d gigLio
The Rio delle Veste leads past the rear of the theatre.
This is the route taken by those fortunate enough to
arrive for their night out by gondola. C A L L e d e L p i o V A n R i o d e L L’ A L b e R o C A L L e L A R g A x x i i
M A R Z o

0 metres 75
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e Santa Maria Zobenigo
The carvings feature the Barbaro
Key family, who paid for the church
façade. Ground-level reliefs show
Suggested route towns where the family held high-
ranking posts.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp232–5 and pp242–9

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Date 15th January 2013
Size 125mm x 217mm