A short calle leading to one of the most photographed corners of minor Venice: the Ponticello Raspi, suspended over the rio delle Beccarie, the narrow canal that runs from the historic slaughterhouses of Rialto towards the Pescheria and the Grand Canal: beccarie were indeed the slaughterhouses, and for centuries the meat destined for the whole city passed through these narrow service waters hidden behind the Erbaria.