San Pietro di Castello
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| Waters | Venice lagoon | |
| Geographical location | 45 ° 26 '2 " N , 12 ° 21' 36" E | |
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| length | 380 m | |
| width | 245 m | |
| surface | 6.261 2 ha | |
| Residents | 530 (December 31, 2009) 8,465 inhabitants / km² |
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The island of San Pietro di Castello , Venetian San Piero di Castello , originally Olivolo , is located at the eastern end of the city of Venice near the arsenal in the Sestiere Castello . It is connected to the rest of Castello by two bridges over the 35 to 50 meter wide Canale de San Pietro , namely in the north over the Ponte San Pietro with Campo Runga and in the south over the Ponte de Quintavale with Sant'Ana . In the south lies the Rio de Quintavale , which is only 10 meters wide at its narrowest point , but there is no bridge over it to the neighboring island of Sant'Elena. San Pietro di Castello is 380 meters long and up to 245 meters wide, as well as six hectares, more precisely 62,612 m². As of December 31, 2009, the island had 530 inhabitants.
The parish of the same name based on the island also extends to the area of the western part of the islands of Castello Campo Ruga and San Daniel .
In the early days of Venice, Olivolo was, together with Rialto, one of the first settled places in the Venice lagoon . It has always been different from the center of the city throughout Venetian history. Olivolo was the seat of a bishopric, a separate diocese that was later transformed into the Patriarchate of Venice . The seat of the Venetian patriarch and episcopal church was the church of San Pietro di Castello until the end of the republic . Until the 19th century, the island was completely separated from the rest of the city by the wide Canale de San Pietro .
The origin of the name Olivolo is not certain, there are only various speculations: the island is said to be named after its olive shape or olives are said to have been cultivated there.
The Basilica of San Pietro di Castello on the island was the cathedral of the Patriarchate of Venice from the 7th century to 1807 , while San Marco was the palace and state church of the Doges .
Picture gallery
Church of San Pietro di Castello
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Francesco Guardi : Island of San Pietro di Castello
Individual evidence
- ↑ Venice islands: All the islands of Venice by area ( Memento of March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ sum of Sezioni Censimento 398-404
