Sacca Sessola
Sacca Sessola, also called Isola delle Rose or "Island of Roses", is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, Veneto, Italy. The island's name is derived from combination of the words sacca, Venetian for an artificial island, and sessola, a tool used to remove water from ships.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Isola Sacca Sessola”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santo Spirito and Isola di San Clemente.
Santo Spirito
Islet
Photo: Chris 73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santo Spirito is an island in the southern Venetian Lagoon situated between the islands of Poveglia and San Clemente. The island has a land area of 6.2 acres.
Isola di San Clemente
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Isola di San Clemente is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon in Italy. For centuries, it housed a monastic settlement, and more recently, an asylum. It is now the site of a luxury hotel.
San Clemente, Venice
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sacca Fisola and Dorsoduro.
Sacca Fisola
Neighborhood
Photo: Il Sindaco del Giappone, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sacca Fisola is an artificial island in the Venetian Lagoon. It is a largely modern residential area.
Dorsoduro
Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.
Dorsoduro is one of the six sestieri of Venice, in northern Italy. Dorsoduro includes the highest land areas of the city and also Giudecca island and Isola Sacca Fisola.
San Marco
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
San Marco is the central district of Venice. It is home to many of Venice's major points of interest, and consequently can be extremely crowded with tourists, especially during the day when cruise ships unload their passengers.
Sacca Sessola
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Venice, Metropolitan Venice, Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.40558° or 45° 24′ 20″ northLongitude
12.32049° or 12° 19′ 14″ eastElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
8FQJC84C+65OpenStreetMap ID
way 23074620OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Sacca Sessola” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sacca Sessola”
- Chinese: “萨卡塞索拉岛”
- Chinese: “薩卡塞索拉島”
- Croatian: “Sacca Sessola”
- Dutch: “Sacca Sessola”
- French: “Sacca Sessola”
- German: “Sacca Sessola”
- Ido: “Sacca Sessola”
- Indonesian: “Sacca Sessola”
- Italian: “Isola di Sacca Sessola”
- Italian: “Sacca Sessola”
- Japanese: “サッカ・セッソラ”
- Japanese: “サッカ・セッソラ島”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sacca Sessola”
- Turkish: “Sacca Sessola”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Giudecca and San Polo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include San Marco Hall and JW Vegetable Garden.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sacca Sessola”. Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.