Riva Sette Martiri

The sotoportego de le colone, facing the lagoon in Riva Sette Martiri

This area of Venice is fascinating, especially in sunny days, because laundry is hanging everywhere.

The "Riva" (shore) you can see on the other sde of this “sotoportego” (passage under a house) was built in the ‘30 of the last century, during the Fascist period, with celebratory intentions and took the place of many shipyards existing in the area for centuries. Originally called "Riva dell'Impero", with reference to the constitution of the Italian Empire by Benito Mussolini.

The construction of Riva Sette Martiri, the red arrow shows the Sotoportego de le colone

The construction began in 1933 and lasted five years, until the inauguration of 23 March 1937. The shore, very wide and without parapets, begins at the entrance to via Garibaldi and is connected to Riva San Biagio by a bridge. From an urbanistic point of view, the construction method is identical to that of the Riva degli Schiavoni: the pavement is made up of large blocks, while the part facing the lagoon is made of large blocks of Istrian stone.