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Squares (campi and campielli)

Campiello e Calle del Cristo

The Ponte del Cristo, which descends from the Fondamenta Rio Marin into the campiello
The Ponte del Cristo, which descends from the Fondamenta Rio Marin into the campiello Photo: Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

A campiello of the sestiere of Santa Croce overlooking the water, at the exact point where the Rio Marin — the canal dug by hand at the wish of a Marin Dandolo — ends its run and continues as the Rio de San Giacomo. The name comes from a tabernacle with a Christ on the cross that once stood here: in Venice images of the Crucifix have baptised quite a few calli and bridges.

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