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Streets (calli)

Calle degli Assassini

The Rio Terà dei Assassini, the former canal filled in in 1791: the calle’s bends still follow the course of the water
The Rio Terà dei Assassini, the former canal filled in in 1791: the calle’s bends still follow the course of the water Photo: Daniel Naczk, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Between Campo Manin square and Campo San Fantin, a narrow, winding calle (street) slips through: Calle dei Assassini. Its bends are no accident. The calle follows the course of a rio (Venetian canal) filled in 1791, the Rio Terà dei Assassini.

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