Dorsoduro

Location of Dorsoduro within Venice
Shady canal in Dorsoduro, Venice
The Watercolorist in the Campo San Gregorio.

Dorsoduro is one of the six sestieri of Venice, in northern Italy.

Dorsoduro includes the highest land areas of the city and also Giudecca island and Isola Sacca Fisola. Its name derives from the Italian for "hard back", due to its comparatively high, stable, rocky land.[1]

  1. ^ Kaminski, Marion (2013). Art & Architecture: Venice. h.f.ullmann publishing Gmbh. ISBN 978-3-8480-0323-5.