Santa Croce (Sestiere di Venezia)

Rio in the Santa Croce district

Location of Santa Croce in the old town of Venice

Santa Croce is one of the six districts ( sestiere ) of Venice and is located on the western edge of the city, with an area of ​​94  hectares . The island of Tronchetto forms the westernmost part of this district.

The sestiere derives its name from the ancient church of Santa Croce, which was demolished in the 19th century to make way for the Giardini Papadopoli . In 2006, Santa Croce had about 5500 inhabitants, based on the parishes of San Nicola da Tolentino (with SS. Nome di Gesù or Santa Chiara), San Simeon Grande (San Simeone Profeta) (with San Simon Piccolo) and San Giacomo dall'Orio ( with San Zandegolà).

structure

Maps of the Sestiere Santa Croce

The 14 individual islands of
Santa Croce

Canals separate the individual islands from
Santa Croce

The churches of
Santa Croce

The palaces of
Santa Croce

Churches

The following churches can be found in the Santa Croce sestiere:

San Zan Degolà Church

• San Nicola da Tolentino
• Santa Maria Maggiore, Sant'Andrea della Zirada ,
• San Simeone Piccolo ,
• San Simeone Grande o San Simeone Profeta, San Giacomo dall'Orio ,
• San Zan Degolà ,
• San Stae ,
• Santa Maria Mater Domini,
• San Cassiano,

The sestiere already had eight parishes in 1171.

Web links

Commons : Santa Croce  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ venedig.net , accessed on August 13, 2015.

Coordinates: 45 ° 26 '15.6 "  N , 12 ° 19' 9.1"  E