Sacca San Biagio

Sacca San Biagio 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.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Italy
  • Also known as: “Isola San Biagio” and “Sacca S. Biagio”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sacca Fisola and Gallerie dell’Accademia.

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

Museum
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorsoduro and Santa Croce.

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: 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.

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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.

Sacca San Biagio

Latitude
45.4269° or 45° 25′ 37″ north
Longitude
12.30935° or 12° 18′ 34″ east
Elevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)
Open location code
8FQJC8G5+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 216882428
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
7910714
Wiki­data ID
Q2210251
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Sacca San Biagio” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sacca S. Biagio”
  • Dutch: “Sacca San Biagio”
  • French: “Sacca San Biagio”
  • German: “Sacca S. Biagio”
  • German: “Sacca San Biagio”
  • Italian: “Sacca San Biagio”
  • Japanese: “サッカ・サン・ビアージョ”
  • Romanian: “Sacca San Biagio”
  • Russian: “Сакка Сан-Бьяджо”
  • Turkish: “Sacca San Biagio”
  • Venetian: “Saca San Biaxio”
  • Venetian: “Saca San Biazio”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Giudecca and San Marco.

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Highlights include Campo San Gerardo and Ponte del Monastero.

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