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  • This is the Cannaregio sestiere (district), haunted by former residents such as Marco Polo, Wagner, Tintoretto and Titian.

    Venice Crossings: A Traghetto Tour Reveals the City's Other Side 2008

  • The book is a good travel companion, tightly and pleasantly written, small and purseable, easy to thumb through, and organized by sestiere, so you can effortlessly ID the closest great restaurant to the calle you happen to be lost in when hunger strikes.

    Veniceblog: 2004

  • The caribinieri arrested 38-year-old engineer Antonio Benacchio on suspicion of theft and vandalism at his home in the San Marco sestiere in the historic center of Venice.

    Mad Hammerer Suspect Snagged 2004

  • The book is a good travel companion, tightly and pleasantly written, small and purseable, easy to thumb through, and organized by sestiere, so you can effortlessly ID the closest great restaurant to the calle you happen to be lost in when hunger strikes.

    Chow, Venice 2004

  • In Dorsoduro, no less ... the sestiere I know best.

    An Indoor Model of the Venetian Lagoon 2004

  • The caribinieri arrested 38-year-old engineer Antonio Benacchio on suspicion of theft and vandalism at his home in the San Marco sestiere in the historic center of Venice.

    Veniceblog: 2004

  • The Penzo stadium, named after aviator Pier Luigi Penzo, is located on the island of Sant 'Elena, part of the sestiere of Castello, next to the Venice yacht club.

    New Venetian Soccer Stadium In The Works 2004

  • Venice, near Santa Ternita in the sestiere of Castello.

    Veniceblog: 2003

  • Venice, near Santa Ternita in the sestiere of Castello.

    Venetian Lady in the Cage 2003

  • According to today's Gazzettino, local authorities have stepped up surveillance and security patrols in the Venetian Ghetto and in areas close by in the sestiere of Cannaregio.

    Security Tightened in the Venetian Ghetto 2003

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