Venice, Italy: San Polo: Rialto Market
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Sheppard, Beth M.
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May 22, 2017
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Italy , Venice , Venezia , San Polo , Rialto Market , Mercati di Rialto , Mercato del Pesce al Minuto , Minute Fish Market , Venetian Markets
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Multiple photos are associated with this record. Please click the links to view all of the items in the series. The photos are of the Rialto Market in Venice, Italy. Venice (in Italian: Venezia) is a city in northeastern Italy that is built on a group of 126 islands separated by open water and canals, linked through 472 bridges. The historical island city is home to only 51K people, but a very popular tourist destination with about 60K tourists per day. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is renowned for its beauty, architecture, and artwork. The San Polo district is in the heart of the main island of Venice, near the Rialto Bridge and the Rialto Market. It is the smallest district and one of the oldest in the city. The Mercato del Pesce al Minuto is a covered hall where fresh fish and seafood is sold. At the rest of the uncovered Rialto Market, fresh and dried fruit, vegetables, meat, and spices are sold. The exterior sign in Italian, roughly translated, provides "minimum lengths allowed for the sale of fish of the following qualities."
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0