Area 16.03 ha (39.6 acres) | ||
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Province Metropolitan City of Venice |
Sacca Sessola loosely translated as "Scoop Bag" (also not correctly named as "Isola delle Rose" or "Island of Roses" by the hotel which is located in that area, for marketing reasons: it is not a name recognized by the Venetians, or on topographical maps) is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy.
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Map of Sacca Sessola, 30133 Venice, Italy
One of the biggest in the lagoon (16.03 ha) and also one of the youngest. It was artificially created in 1870 in Codas of Reziol, a branch of the Channel Rezzo, with materials from the construction of the Santa Marta commercial port, and has been used a fuel dump, hospital, farming land, UNESCO research complex. It is now used as a private tourist hotel complex
A "sessola" or "bag" is an artificial island (see also Sacca Fisola and Sacca San Biagio).
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Taken from the Italian version of this article