Giudecca

Giudecca is an in the , in northern . It is part of the sestiere of and is a locality of the comune of .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
  • Also known as: “Isole Giudecca” and “Zuècca”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gallerie dell’Accademia and Il Redentore.

Museum
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The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art in , northern Italy. It houses the Leonardo da Vinci drawing The Vitruvian Man, which can only be exposed for a few weeks every six years for conservation reasons.

Church
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The Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore, commonly known as , is a 16th-century Roman Catholic church located on Giudecca in the sestiere of , in the city of , Italy.

Bridge
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is a bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorsoduro and San Marco.

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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.

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is the central district of . 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.

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is one of six sestieri that make up . Covering 86 acres along the Grand Canal, it is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the 9th century.

Giudecca

Latitude
45.42526° or 45° 25′ 31″ north
Longitude
12.32657° or 12° 19′ 36″ east
Population
4,790
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
8FQJC8GG+4J
Geo­Names ID
3175266
Wiki­data ID
Q52435
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Venetian—“Giudecca” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ջուդեկկա (կղզի)”
  • Armenian: “Ջուդեկկա”
  • Basque: “Giudecca”
  • Breton: “Giudecca”
  • Catalan: “Giudecca”
  • Cebuano: “La Giudecca”
  • Chechen: “Джудека (Венеци)”
  • Chechen: “Джудека”
  • Chinese: “朱代卡岛”
  • Croatian: “Giudecca”
  • Dutch: “Giudecca”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جيوديكا”
  • Esperanto: “Giudecca”
  • Estonian: “Giudecca”
  • French: “Giudecca”
  • German: “Giudecca”
  • Greek: “Τζιουντέκκα”
  • Greek: “Τζουντέκκα”
  • Hebrew: “ג’ודקה”
  • Hungarian: “Giudecca”
  • Indonesian: “Giudecca”
  • Italian: “Giudecca”
  • Japanese: “ジュデッカ”
  • Latin: “Spina Longa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Giudecca”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Giudecca”
  • Polish: “Giudecca”
  • Portuguese: “Giudecca”
  • Romanian: “Giudecca”
  • Russian: “Джудекка”
  • Serbian: “Ђудека”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Giudecca”
  • Slovenian: “Giudecca”
  • Spanish: “Giudecca”
  • Tatar: “Җудека (Венеция)”
  • Tatar: “Җудека”
  • Turkish: “Giudecca”
  • Ukrainian: “Джудекка”
  • Venetian: “Zueca”
  • “Giudecca”

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