Tronchetto

Tronchetto is an artificial island in the , northern , located at the westernmost tip of the main island. The island was created in the 1960s, and now is used as a car park for tourists, since vehicles cannot be driven into the city historic center.
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Photo: DI Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Italy
  • Also known as: “Isola Nuova”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tronchetto ‘A’ (car park) and Venezia Santa Lucia Railway Station.

Transport stop
Photo: GodeNehler, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a transport stop.

Railway station
Photo: Pleclown, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Venezia Santa Lucia is the central station of in the north-east of . It is a terminus and located at the northern edge of Venice's historic city.

Transport stop
Photo: GodeNehler, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a transport stop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Croce and Dorsoduro.

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.

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.

Photo: Ghouston, CC0.
is one six sestieri that make up . For many travellers, it's the first part of Venice they enter, since Venezia Santa Lucia railway station, the main railway station, is here.

Tronchetto

Latitude
45.44108° or 45° 26′ 28″ north
Longitude
12.30724° or 12° 18′ 26″ east
Elevation
-4 metres (-13 feet)
Open location code
8FQJC8R4+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 171875325
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
3230845
Wiki­data ID
Q1758658
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Tronchetto” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Isola Nuova del Tronchetto”
  • Chinese: “特隆凯托岛”
  • Chinese: “特隆凱托島”
  • Croatian: “Tronchetto”
  • Czech: “Tronchetto”
  • Dutch: “Tronchetto”
  • Esperanto: “Tronchetto”
  • French: “Ile de Tronchetto”
  • French: “Tronchetto”
  • German: “Tronchetto”
  • Greek: “Τρονκέττο”
  • Hebrew: “טרונקטו”
  • Italian: “Isola del Tronchetto”
  • Italian: “Tronchetto”
  • Japanese: “トロンケット”
  • Romanian: “Tronchetto”
  • Russian: “Тронкетто”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tronchetto”
  • Slovak: “Tronchetto”
  • Spanish: “Tronchetto”
  • Swedish: “Tronchetto”
  • Turkish: “Tronchetto”
  • Venetian: “Troncheto”

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