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SAN POLO

San Polo is located on the right bank of the Grand Canal on the promontory at the Canal's bend, in the heart of the city.
The sestiere developed from a series of islets along the edge of the Grand Canal.
It was a swampy marshland, drained only from the 10th century. At that time traffic developed in a two-way direction: from San Toma' to San Silvestro via San Polo and from Rialto to San Cassiano.
In the 11th and 12th centuries the whole area was drained and a wide network of roads and canals was created.
This is the age of Venice's colonial expansion when splendid churches were erected as well as nobles' monumental palaces along the Grand Canal (Pisani Moretta, Barbarigo della Terrazza, Grimani of San Polo, etc.).
This sestiere became, with San Marco, the economic and commercial core of the city...
San Polo was the actual commercial center of Venice with the 'emporio realtino' (the City of the Serenissima Republic) and the main financial magistratures, such as 'Savi alle Decime' and 'Banco Giro'.

Some interesting places on sestiere: SAN POLO

Basilica dei Frari

Frari, (San Tomà, linea 1 Actv)

Tel. 041.272.86.11

Fine example of Venetian Gothic architecture. On display are important works by Titian, Bellini and Donatello.

Weekdays, 9am-6pm; holidays and Sundays, 1pm-6pm.

Admission, € 2.50

Scuola Grande di S. Rocco

S. Rocco, Frari (S.Tomà linea 1 Actv)

Tel. 041.523.48.64

Prime group of works by Tintoretto. Cycles of allegories, Life and Passion of Christ, scenes from the Old and New Testaments.

Open 9am-5.30pm, from 3 November 10am.- 4pm.

Admission € 5,50, discount € 4,00/1,50.

Scuola Grande di S.Giovanni Evangelista

S. Polo 2454, (San Tomà 1-82 Actv) Tel. 041.71.82.34

Phone reservations required. Admission with donation.

Casa Goldoni

S. Polo, (S. Tomà linea 1-82 Actv) -Tel.041.244.03.17

Birthplace of the famous Venetian playwright and now a musueum, library and theater studies center.

Open 10am-5pm; closed Sunday. Theater Studies Center: 8.30am-5pm (Tue. and Thu.); 8.30am-1.30pm (Mon., Wed., Fri.).

Admission, € 2,50/1,50.

Archivio di Stato - Frari, San Polo 3002

(S.Tomà linee 1-82 Actv) Tel. 041.522.22.81

One of the largest archival complexes in the world, housed in an old Franciscan convent. Manuscripts, texts and documents related to the history of the Venetian Serenissima .

Reading rooms, Mon., and Sat., 8.30am-2pm;

Tue., Wed. and Thu. Fri., 8.30am-6pm.