Discover Corso del Popolo

The Corso is arcaded along much of its length, with continuous porticoes sheltering the shops -- a mainland Veneto formula rather than a Venetian one, and practical in a town this exposed.

The buildings are three and four storeys in plastered brick, painted in the ochres and reds of the lagoon, with Venetian window forms at a modest scale.

Punctuating the street are the town's churches and civic buildings: the cathedral at the south end, the church of Sant'Andrea with its Romanesque bell tower, the granary building, and the Palazzo Poli associated with Goldoni.

The defining structural fact is the relationship to the Vena: the canal runs parallel one block east, and the short calli connecting them are the town's whole circulation system, allowing a boat and a cart to serve the same house from opposite sides.