Cannaregio

Cannaregio is a district of Venice, which occupies the entire part of the city at north of the Grand Canal. Cannaregio Canal is crossed by two bridges: the Bridge of the Spires, so named for the four peaks present on the four corners, and the Bridge of Three Arches, the only three-arched bridge remained in Venice. The name is assumed to derive from the vast reed beds there when the area was still uninhabited. Cannaregio is a historic neighborhood, but a series of redevelopment, allowed full recovery of the area. Precisely in this district is the Ghetto of Venice, where Shakespeare set his famous work "The Merchant of Venice", reachable by a "covered-portico" at the foot of the Bridge of the Spires, on which you can still see the foundations of the iron gates that once closed the Ghetto overnight. The main artery of the district is the wide route that leads from the Saint Lucia Station to Rialto. Along the route, which begins at the foot of the Scalzi Bridge and the Santa Maria degli Scalzi Church and ends in Campo dei Santi Apostoli, you can admire the St. Alvise's Church, the Madonna of the Garden's Church, the St. Mary of Miracles's Church, first example of Renaissance church in Venice, the Holy Apostles's Church and the Jesuits's Church. Today, long the "fondamenta", alternating several bars packed with young people.