Castello, Venice

Castello is the largest of the six

There had been, since at least the 8th-century, small settlements of the islands of San Pietro di Castello (for which the sestiere is named). This island was also called Isola d'Olivo

From the thirteenth century onward, the district grew around a

Other significant structures were by the monasteries in the north of the quarter.

Napoleon closed the Arsenal and planned what are now the Bienniale Gardens. More recently the island of Sant'Elena has been created, and more land drained at other extremities of Castello.

Landmarks

Prominent sites and buildings in Castello include:

• Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
  (San Zanipoli)
• Church of San Giorgio dei Greci
• Campo Santa Maria Formosa and Church of Santa Maria Formosa
• Church and Ospedale della Pietà
• Church of San Zaccaria
• Church of San Giovanni di Malta
• Scuola of
  San Giorgio degli Schiavoni
• Scuola di San Marco
• Venetian Arsenal
• Church of Sant'Elena
• Palazzo Malipiero-Trevisan
• Palazzo Vitturi
• Palazzo Zorzi Bon

See also

• Sestieri of Venice

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