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Cannaregio
Within the northernmost section of Venice, Cannaregio, you pass from one urban extreme to another in a matter of minutes, the time it takes to escape the hubbub of the train station and the hustle of the Lista di Spagna - the tawdriest street in Venice - and into the backwaters away from the Canal Grande. There may no longer be any signs of the bamboo clumps that were probably the source of the sestiere’s study (canna means “reed”), but in all of Venice you won’t find as many village-like parishes as you’ll see in Cannaregio, and in few parts of the city are you more likely to get well away from the tourist crowds.
Imprisoned in the very centre of Cannaregio is the Ghetto , the first area in the world to bear that name, and one of Venice’s most evocative areas. The pleasures of the rest of Cannaregio are generally more a matter of region than of specific sights, but there are some special buildings to visit too: Madonna dell’Orto , with its astonishing Tintoretto paintings; Sant’Alvise and the Palazzo Labia , the first remarkable for canvases by Giambattista Tiepolo, the second for the same artist’s frescoes; the Ca’ d’Oro , a gorgeous Canal Grande palace housing a fine collection of paintings and carving; and the Gesuiti , a Baroque creation in the northeastern part of the district which boasts perhaps the weirdest interior in the city.
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