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Sestiere Dorsoduro
Dorsoduro is a quiet district with shady squares, picturesque canals and beautiful mansions. In terms of views of the lagoon it is the best place in Venice.
From the quay next to the church of Santa Maria della Salute you can admire the Doge’s Palace or the Saint Mark’s Campanile towering over the city. An equally captivating view stretches from Fondamenta Zattere towards Giudecca Island.
Ponte dei Pugni – Venetian “Bridge of fists”
Not far from Campo Santa Margherita, there is Ponte dei Pugni, “Bridge of fists”. The name comes from battles, fists fights, which traditionally took place on bridges.
Because at that time the bridges had no parapets, all the combatants were striking their adversaries and pushing them into the canal. In 1574, the authorities, attempting to reduce violence in the battles, banned the use of weapons. This, however, proved to be insufficient and the battles were abolished in 1705.
Photographs of Dorsoduro district
Canal Grande 
View of San Giorgio Maggiore 
Bacino San Marco 
Squero di San Trovaso – one of the few active workshops where gondolas are being built 
The church of San Trovaso with two facades 
The ship moored at Fondamenta Zattere 
Picturesque canal of the Dorsoduro district 
A gondola workshop 
View of the Giudecca island 
Quiet corners of Dorsoduro 
Picturesque canal 
A hard-working morning 
Campo Santa Margherita 
Church of San Barnaba 
Ponte dei Pugni – once was the site of fistfights 
La Volta del Canal 
Evening time 
Courtyard of an old Venetian tenement house 
Distant, quiet corners of Dorsoduro 
Sunset 
Squero di San Trovaso 
Fodamenta Zattere al Ponte Longo 
Fondamenta Zattere at sunset 
Cafes at Fondamenta Zattere 
Riva degli Schiavoni 
Fondamenta Zattere 
Gondolas 
Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute 
Canal Grande 
Rio de la Fornace 
Fondamenta Venier Sebastiano 
Campo San Vio 
A quiet canal in the Dorsoduro district 
Canal Grande
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Carly BB
I am a passionate enthusiast of travel, archeology, photography and dancing 🙂 On this page I try to combine the first three elements: P and show you that travelling becomes definitely more interesting when we discover visited places, and often inconspicuous ruins hide the most fascinating stories 🙂