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The Rough Guide to Venice and the Veneto

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Dorsoduro<br />

dorsoduro<br />

<strong>The</strong>re |<br />

were not many places among <strong>the</strong> lagoon’s mudbanks where <strong>Venice</strong>’s<br />

early settlers could be confident that <strong>the</strong>ir dwellings wouldn’t sli<strong>the</strong>r down<br />

in<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> water, but with Dorsoduro <strong>the</strong>y were on relatively solid ground:<br />

<strong>the</strong> sestiere’s name translates as “hard back”, <strong>and</strong> its buildings occupy <strong>the</strong><br />

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