They call it “larga”, wide, because it really is: in a district of narrow calli (Venetian streets), this road running from the Mercerie dell’Orologio towards the rio (canal) of the Doge’s Palace was one of the first in Venice to be widened. It was previously called Corazzaria, after the workshops that sold cuirasses and armour to the soldiers of the Serenissima (the Republic of Venice).