Rialto (Venice)

The Rialto district in the 17th century

Rialto (from lat. Rivus altus , "deeper channel" or "high bank") is an area in the district of San Polo in Venice .

The area was first settled in the 9th century and comprised a group of islets, the Isole Rialtine, on the Rio Businiaco (now the Grand Canal ). From 1097 Rialto became the most important trading center in Venice (see also Mercato di Rialto and the economic history of the Republic of Venice ). To make the area more accessible from the other side of the Grand Canal, the Rialto Bridge was built. From 1422, the various trades were increasingly assigned their own streets. In 1514, almost the entire district was destroyed by a major fire.

Even today, Rialto is characterized by trade and houses a fruit and fish market.

Individual evidence

^ Max Weber : Economy and Society - The economy and the social orders and powers. Estate , Volume 5: The City , ed. by Wilfried Nippel , Tübingen: JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) , 1999 ( MWG , Abt. I, Vol. 22-1), p. 152, note 24

45.4385 12.3348Coordinates: 45 ° 26 '18.6 " N , 12 ° 20' 5.3" E

[1] Max Weber : Economy and Society - The economy and the social orders and powers. Estate , Volume 5: The City , ed. by Wilfried Nippel , Tübingen: JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) , 1999 ( MWG , Abt. I, Vol. 22-1), p. 152, note 24