Rialto Brige Area Walking Tour

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1 Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 1 - Rialto Brige Area Walking Tour The area is first mentioned in sources dating back to the 9th century. The Rialto was almost completely destroyed by fire in The only structure left standing was the church of San Giacomo di Rialto. The Rialto continues to be a busy shopping area with a daily vegetable market, Erberia, and a fish market in the Fish Camp. Guide Location: Italy» Venice # of Attractions: 13 Tour Duration: 2 hour(s) Travel Distance: 1.9 km Please note: This walk is also featured in the ios app "Venice Map and Walks" on itunes App Store and the Android app "Venice Map and Walks" on Google Play. The apps provide GPS navigation to guide you from one tour stop to the next, so you will never be lost. The apps offer additional walking tours in Venice. Check them out! GPSmyCity offers self-guided walking tours in over 1,000 city around the world. Please visit gpsmycity.com for more walking tour offers. List of attractions included in this self-guided walking tour: A) Emilio Ceccato B) Rialto Food Market C) Mercatino dell'antiquariato di Rialto D) Chiesa San Giovanni Elemosinario E) Bancogiro F) Chiesa San Giacomo di Rialto G) Palazzo dei Camerlenghi H) Rialto Bridge I) Fondaco dei Tedeschi J) Chiesa San Bartolomeo K) Carlo Goldoni Statue L) Giacomo Rizzo M) Giovanna Zanella Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 1 -

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3 Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 3 - A) Emilio Ceccato What to buy here: A gondolier's hat. When walking through Venice, you will consider that most of the guys driving the gondolas across the water (the so-called gondolieri ) are wearing hats. And they're wearing a specific type of hat. These hats are made of straw, previous to air and keeping ones head cool when the temperatures go up. It's also very comfortable to wear and the broad brim protects one from the sun. A bow (mostly in black, blue or red color) adds a beautiful finish touch to these hats. Easy to maintain, one only has to protect it from too much humidity. Such a hat is one of the most popular gifts tourists buy when staying in Venice. You can buy it at nearly every street corner, but beware! Most of this hats were produced somewhere in China or Taiwan, and the quality is often poor. As you want to be sure to buy a real venetian product, you should visit the shop of Emilio Ceccato. This shop is specialized in gondolier's outfits. It is situated very close to the Rialto Bridge (address: "Sotoportego di Rialto"). Many many venetian gondoliers shop there - not only for hats but also, for instance, for those typical sweaters with crosswise stripes. The price for such a hat is 27 EU. The shop is opened daily (except Sundays) from 9.30 up to 18. Address: San Polo, 16,, San Polo Venice, Italy Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 3 -

4 Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 4 - Image Courtesy of Martin Laska B) Rialto Food Market The Rialto Food Market displays and sells a wide variety of products. The market is divided into several specialized markets like Erberia, the fruit and vegetable market, Naranzeria, the citrus fruit market, Speziali, specialized in spices, and Pescaria, the fish market. The markets have been located alongside the Grand Canal since Address: Rialto Food Market, Venice, Italy Image Courtesy of Flickr and Theron Burger C) Mercatino dell'antiquariato di Rialto Mercatino dell'antiquariato di Rialto takes place every second Monday and Sunday of the month, inside the Pescheria di Rialto - Rialto Fish Market, Venetian district of San Polo. Offering a vast range of antique and vintage merchandise, the market if full of anything from Murano glass, mirrors, furniture, and paintings, to dolls, vintage watches, prints and various memorabilia. The market features a large number of vendors with equally interesting offers. Operation Hours: every second Sunday & Monday of the month, except August Address: Campo San Maurizio, Pescheria di Rialto, San Polo, Venezia Image Courtesy of Flickr and Kate Hopkins D) Chiesa San Giovanni Elemosinario Chiesa San Giovanni Elemosinario was founded in 1071 and then rebuilt by Antonio Scarpagnino after the Rialto fire. It is the most interesting example of Gothic architecture that has remained comparatively intact in Venice. This small church has, on its high altar, a painting of the titular saint, San Giovanni, by Titian. In the left aisle there is a fragment of a bas-relief dating from the Middle Ages, representing the Night of the Birth of Christ. Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 4 -

5 Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 5 - Address: Chiesa San Giovanni Elemosinario, Venice, Italy Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Polylerus. Sight description based on wikipedia E) Bancogiro Bancogiro is a chance to taste real Venetian standard food in its best traditions. Yes, fish is on the menu, and some of the dishes are Venice classics. The wine list here and cheese plate are both divine. The terrace is open in warm weather so you can get a nice view upon the canal. Address: Campo San Giacometto 122, Venice, Italy Image Courtesy of Carol Ward F) Chiesa San Giacomo di Rialto San Giacomo di Rialto is a church in the sestiere of San Polo, Venice, northern Italy. The addition of Rialto to the name distinguishes this church from its namesake San Giacomo dall'orio found in the sestiere of Santa Croce, on the same side of the Grand Canal. Chiesa San Giacomo di Rialto is thought to be the oldest church in Venice, firstly built in the 5th century at the time of the first settlement of the island. The present building was erected for the use of the merchants of the Rialto markets around the 12th century. It has a large 15th century clock above the entrance, a useful item in the Venetian business district but regarded as a standing joke for its inaccuracy. The Gothic portico is one of the few surviving examples in Venice. It has a Latin cross plan with a central dome. Inside, the Veneto-Byzantine capitals on the six columns of ancient Greek marble date from the 11th century. Address: Campo San Giacometto, Venice, Italy Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Godromil. Sight description based on wikipedia Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 5 -

6 Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 6 - G) Palazzo dei Camerlenghi Palazzo dei Camerlenghi was built in the early 1500s. In the period which saw the fall of the Venetian Republic, this building housed the Court of Appeals, the Office of the State Property and the Registry. Today it contains the offices of the financial magistrates, and is the headquarters of the Regional Court of Auditors. The palace is built according to a pentagonal plan which follows the curve of the Grand Canal. It features high arched windows separated by pilasters. Address: Ruga dei Oresi, Venice, Italy Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Adriano. Sight description based on wikipedia H) Rialto Bridge (must see) The Rialto Bridge is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice. It is the oldest bridge across the canal. The first dry crossing of the Grand Canal was a pontoon bridge built in 1181 by Nicolò Barattieri. It was called the Ponte della Moneta, presumably because of the mint that stood near its eastern entrance. The present stone bridge, a single span designed by Antonio da Ponte, was finally completed in It is remarkably similar to the wooden bridge it succeeded. Two inclined ramps lead up to a central portico. On either side of the portico the covered ramps carry rows of shops. The engineering of the bridge was considered so audacious that architect Vincenzo Scamozzi predicted future ruin. The bridge has defied its critics to become one of the architectural icons of Venice. Address: Ponte di Rialto, Venice, Italy Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Pe-sa. Sight description based on wikipedia I) Fondaco dei Tedeschi (must see) The Fondaco dei Tedeschi is a historic building in Venice, northern Italy, situated on the Grand Canal near the Rialto Bridge. It was the headquarters and restricted living quarters of the city's German merchants. A broad definition was taken of the term German which included what would today be regarded as separate nationalities. First constructed in 1228, the building was rebuilt between 1505 and 1508, after its destruction in a fire. The reconstruction produced a very functional 4-floor building which surrounds a grand inner courtyard. Its architecture is typical of the Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 6 -

7 Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 7 - cinquecento (Italian Renaissance) style, but the basic concept (and the word fondaco) is derived from a type of building in Arab countries. Like the Fondaco dei Turchi, the Fondaco dei Tedeschi was a palazzo, warehouse, and restricted living quarters for its population, in this case mainly Germanic merchants from cities such as Nuremberg, Judenburg and Augsburg. Address: Campo San Bartolomeo, Venice, Italy Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Andreas Praefcke. Sight description based on wikipedia J) Chiesa San Bartolomeo San Bartolomeo (Saint Bartholomew) is a church in Venice. It is near the Rialto Bridge in the sestiere, or neighborhood, of San Marco. The church was supposedly founded in 830, and was originally dedicated to Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki. It was renovated in 1170, and became the church of the German community in Venice, whose commercial headquarters were nearby at the Fondaco dei Tedeschi. The church was rebuilt again in the 18th century. The bell tower was built in based on designs of Giovanni Scalfarotto. The interior has two sculptures by the venetian sculptor of German origin Enrico Merengo (Heinrich Meyring). The chancel has a high altar by Meyring with three canvases by Palma the Younger, and a fresco on the ceiling by Michelangelo Morlaiter. On the left upper nave is a Miracle of the bronze serpents, also by Palma the Younger, while the left aisle houses a St. Matthew by Leonardo Corona and a Dormition by Pietro Muttoni. Address: Campo S Bartolomeo, Venice, Italy Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Paolo Steffan. Sight description based on wikipedia K) Carlo Goldoni Statue (must see) Carlo Goldoni was born in Venice in 1707 in the Gothic palace called Ca' Centanni. Carlo Goldini is one of the most famous playwrights of Italy and wrote over 200 plays describing the life of the city. This statue, made by the sculptor A. Dal Zotto in 1883, is located in S. Bartolomeo Square, a stone's throw from the Rialto Bridge. Address: Campo S Bartolomeo, Venice, Italy Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 7 -

8 Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 8 - Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Nino Barbieri L) Giacomo Rizzo What to buy here: Pasta. Pasta is (who does not know) the most popular food in Italy. There are dozens of shapes and sizes of it: Lasagna, Penne, Spaghetti, Tortellini and, and and... Pasta is so famous and popular in Italy that, by the way, in Rome you can visit a pasta-museum. In Venice, there is a shop who's owner and his family have been in the pasta business, producing pasta by hand for over one hundred years. There you can even buy colored pasta. Green or red because the dough is mixed with spinach or tomatoes. But the highlight in this shop is pasta shaped into the form of a gondola. A venetian masterpiece. The shop's name is: "Giacomo Rizzo", and the address is Salizzada di San Giovanni Crisostomo, Cannaregio It is situated in one of the most beautiful parts of Venice where you have the opportunity to do some very nice shopping. The pasta shop "Giacomo Rizo" is opened daily from 10 up to (except Sundays). The price range is from about 2 EU up to 8 EU, depending on what kind of pasta you like. Address: 5778, Cannaregio, Venice, Italy Image Courtesy of Martin Laska M) Giovanna Zanella What to buy here: Handmade designer shoes. Shoes made in Italy mean elegance, fine leather and a perfect manufacturing. Could something be better than this? The answer is: yes handmade Italian shoes. It really is a wonderful feeling wearing shoes that were handmade just for you. But it is not only the feeling handmade Italian shoes are something really noble and worth the money. The 'lifetime' of such handmade shoes is also much longer than of the mass produced ones, you can wear such shoes for years and years. Of course, such shoes need good care that's to say the right polish, oil and so on. Handmade Italian shoes are really an expression of the owner's personality and one will never see someone wearing the same shoes because they are absolutely unique. Of course, they are not cheap, but all in all, they are usually absolutely worth the money. Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 8 -

9 Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 9 - If however you want something even more special, if you want your shoes to be a kind of art work, then you should visit Giovanna Zanella's shop. She is the most famous shoe-designer in Venice. Her shop is situated just about 200 meters away from the Rialto Bridge (address: Calle Carminati, San Lio 5641; open 9.30 am 1 pm and 3 pm 7 pm, closed on Sundays). Giovanna Zanella designs footwear for both men and women, and not only classical designs, she also mixes tradition and modernism to create truly unique footwear. She also uses and combines various materials like fabrics, leather and plastics. It's no wonder, that many so called VIP's (not only from Venice) frequent this store. The price range is from 500 EU and up to 1500 EU- depending on the special wishes of the customer. Address: 5641, Campo San Lio, Venice, Italy Image Courtesy of Martin Laska Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 9 -