Il Gobbo di Rialto
Il Gobbo di Rialto is a marble statue of a hunchback found opposite the Church of San Giacomo di Rialto at the end of the Rialto in Venice. Sculpted by Pietro da Salò in the 16th century, the statue takes the form of a crouching, naked hunchback supporting a small flight of steps.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Work of art
- Artwork_type: statue
- Description: Marble statue in Venice, Italy
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rialto Bridge and San Giacomo di Rialto.
Rialto Bridge
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Rialto Bridge is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Connecting the sestieri of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as a pontoon bridge in 1173, and is now a significant tourist attraction in the city. Rialto Bridge is situated 100 metres southeast of Il Gobbo di Rialto.
San Giacomo di Rialto
Church
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San Giacomo di Rialto is a church in the sestiere of San Polo, Venice, northern Italy. The inclusion of Rialto in the name distinguishes this church from San Giacomo dell'Orio which is situated in the sestiere of Santa Croce, on the same side of the Grand Canal.
Palazzo dei Camerlenghi
Government building
Photo: Adriano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palazzo dei Camerlenghi is a Renaissance palazzo in Venice, northern Italy, located in the sestiere of San Polo. It faces the Canal Grande, adjacent to the Rialto Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Marco and San Polo.
San Marco
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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.
San Polo
Cannaregio
Il Gobbo di Rialto
- Categories: sculpture, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Venice, Metropolitan Venice, Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.43877° or 45° 26′ 20″ northLongitude
12.33511° or 12° 20′ 6″ eastOpen location code
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tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q1351235
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Il Gobbo di Rialto” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Il Gobbo di Rialto”
- French: “Il Gobbo di Rialto”
- German: “Buckliger von Rialto”
- German: “Il Gobbo di Rialto”
- Italian: “Gobbo di Rialto”
- Italian: “Il Gobbo di Rialto”
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Highlights include Tribunale and Dal martedì al sabato.
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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 “Il Gobbo di Rialto”. Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.