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Rio delle Due Torri a canal in Santa Croce one of the six sestieri of Venice in Veneto, Italy.
The name comes from a house with two angular towers, which was found here around 1105, at the time of the famous devastating fire; Venetian texts of 1514 still speak of this casa da do toro. It was customary to add towers to buildings during civil strife.
The Rio do Torre is 72 meters long. It extends the Rio de San Polo at its junction with the rielo Ca'Bernardo to the northeast, where it becomes Rio Mater Domini after the junction with the Rio de San Boldo. The rio of Santa Maria Mater Domini has a length of 697 m and connects north-north-east the Grand Canal.
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Rio delle Due Torri a canal in Santa Croce one of the six sestieri of Venice in Veneto, Italy.
The name comes from a house with two angular towers, which was found here around 1105, at the time of the famous devastating fire; Venetian texts of 1514 still speak of this casa da do toro. It was customary to add towers to buildings during civil strife.
The Rio do Torre is 72 meters long. It extends the Rio de San Polo at its junction with the rielo Ca'Bernardo to the northeast, where it becomes Rio Mater Domini after the junction with the Rio de San Boldo. The rio of Santa Maria Mater Domini has a length of 697 m and connects north-north-east the Grand Canal.