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Castello is one of six sestieri that make up .
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: quarter of Venice
  • Also known as: “Castello, Venice”, “sestiere di Castello”, and “Sestière di Castello”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Doge’s Palace and Piazza San Marco.

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The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of in northern Italy. The palace included government offices, a jail, and the residence of the Doge of Venice, the elected authority of the former Republic of Venice.

Square
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, often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of , Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza.

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The is a bridge in , Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Marco and San Polo.

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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.

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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.

Castello

Latitude
45.43462° or 45° 26′ 5″ north
Longitude
12.35039° or 12° 21′ 1″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8FQJC9M2+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 216882423
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
3179601
Wiki­data ID
Q52425
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Castello” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կաստելլո”
  • Basque: “Castello”
  • Catalan: “Castello”
  • Chinese: “城堡区”
  • Croatian: “Castello”
  • Danish: “Castello”
  • Dutch: “Castello”
  • French: “Castello”
  • German: “Castello”
  • Greek: “Καστέλλο”
  • Greek: “Καστέλο Βενετίας”
  • Greek: “Καστέλο”
  • Greek: “Σεστιέρε ντι Καστέλλο”
  • Hebrew: “קסטלו”
  • Hungarian: “Castello”
  • Italian: “Castello”
  • Japanese: “カステロ”
  • Japanese: “カステロ地区”
  • Korean: “카스텔로”
  • Latin: “Castellum”
  • Portuguese: “Castello”
  • Russian: “Кастелло”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Castello”
  • Slovenian: “Castello”
  • Spanish: “Castello”
  • Ukrainian: “Кастелло”
  • Venetian: “Casteło”
  • Venetian: “Castèło”
  • Vietnamese: “castello”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Castello”. Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.