San Giorgio in Alga

San Giorgio in Alga is an island of the Venetian lagoon, northern , lying between the and Fusina.
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Photo: Andy Hay, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sacca Fisola and Sacca San Biagio.

Islet
Photo: Il Sindaco del Giappone, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an artificial in the . It is a largely modern residential area.

Island
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is an uninhabited island in the which, like other "sacche", is artificial. It lies immediately to the west of Sacca Fisola, to which it is connected by a bridge, and was built between the 1920s and the 1950s from trash.

Islet
Photo: Godromil, Public domain.
is an islet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorsoduro and Terminal Fusina.

Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.
is one of the six historic sestieri of , , located in the southern part of the city and known for its relatively firm terrain that earned it the name meaning "hard back" or "hard ridge" in Italian, distinguishing it from the more marshy areas of the lagoon.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km west of San Giorgio in Alga.

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
is one of the six sestieri of , occupying the northwest part of the main islands. The district includes the Piazzale Roma, home to Venice's bus station and car parks, and around which is the only area of the city in which cars can travel.

San Giorgio in Alga

Latitude
45.42478° or 45° 25′ 29″ north
Longitude
12.29216° or 12° 17′ 32″ east
Open location code
8FQJC7FR+WV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23074658
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
3168299
Wiki­data ID
Q1190932
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“San Giorgio in Alga” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “San Giorgio in Alga”
  • Croatian: “San Giorgio in Alga”
  • Dutch: “San Giorgio in Alga”
  • French: “San Giorgio in Alga”
  • German: “San Giorgio in Alga”
  • Hungarian: “San Giorgio in Alga”
  • Indonesian: “San Giorgio in Alga”
  • Italian: “Isola di San Giorgio in Alga”
  • Italian: “San Giorgio in Alga”
  • Japanese: “サン・ジョルジョ・イン・アルガ島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Giorgio in Alga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “San Giorgio i Alga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “San Giorgio in Alga”
  • Polish: “San Giorgio in Alga”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Giorgio in Alga”
  • Spanish: “San Giorgio in Alga”
  • Turkish: “San Giorgio in Alga”

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