Dorsoduro

church in Venice, Italy

Art museum in Venice, Italy

Giudecca (; ) is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, in northern Italy. It is part of the sestiere of Dorsoduro and is a locality of the comune of Venice.

thumb|right|Location of Dorsoduro within Venice thumb|Shady canal in Dorsoduro, Venice thumb|The Watercolorist in the Campo San Gregorio. Dorsoduro is one of the six historic sestieri (districts) of Venice, Italy, 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. It stretches from the Grand Canal in the north to the Giudecca Canal in the south, encompassing waterfront promenades like the Zattere, the Punta della Dogana viewpoint, a

bridge in Venice, Italy

modern art museum on the Grand Canal in Venice

the triangular point where the Grand Canal meets the Giudecca Canal, its buildings, and the art gallery at the triangle's tip

Santa Maria del Rosario (St. Mary of the Rosary), commonly known as I Gesuati, is an 18th-century Dominican church in the Sestiere of Dorsoduro, on the Giudecca canal in Venice, northern Italy. The classical style building has a well-lit interior and is exceptional in preserving its original layout and Rococo decoration intact. The church and almost all its sculpture and paintings were created within a thirty-year period: construction began in 1725, the church was consecrated in 1743, and the last sculptural decoration was in place by 1755.

canal in Venice, Italy

16th-century Roman Catholic church in Venice, Italy

thumb|240px|Interior view. thumb|240px|The bell tower. Santa Maria dei Carmini, also called Santa Maria del Carmelo and commonly known simply as the Carmini, is a large Roman Catholic church in the sestiere, or neighbourhood, of Dorsoduro in Venice, northern Italy. It nestles against the former Scuola Grande di Santa Maria del Carmelo, also known as the Scuola dei Carmini. This charitable confraternity was officially founded in 1597, and arose from a lay women's charitable association, the Pinzocchere dei Carmini. The members of this lay group were associated as tertiaries to the neighbouring

building in Venice

architectural structure

square in Venice, Italy

building in Venice, Italy