Pellestrina

Pelle Trina is an island in the Adriatic Sea and forms part of the financial statements of the lagoon of Venice towards the open sea. Politically it belongs to the city of Venice. Their population is 4,500.

Geography

Pellestrina extends south of the Lido ( separated from it by the Malamoccokanal ) in a southerly direction until shortly before Chioggia. Despite the length of 11 km, the area of ​​the island is only 2 km ², because it is very narrow - at no point is wider than some 100 meters.

The island is by a breakwater of large stones and a walk-in wall ( murazzi ) of Istrian marble blocks, which means pozzolana (see: pozzolana ) are held together, protected from the force of the waves. The height of the wall is up to 10 meters. It falls to the lagoon side steeply. The width at the base is about 14 meters, the length of 15 km.

For Census 2001 4.471 permanent residents were detected on the island, of which 3,016 in the main town of the same name in the south and 1,184 in San Pietro in Volta in the north. Third place is the hospital complex of Santa Maria del Mare on the north end with 151 inhabitants. For more listed on maps places like St. Anthony and Portosecco were not detected separately, but only under the summary category Case Sparse (about: scattered residential buildings).

Work on the murazzi began in April 1744 under the reign of Doge Pietro Grimani and lasted until, 1781. The idea and plans were from Padre Vincenzo Coronelli ( 1716), executive architect was Bernardo Zendrini. The cost was about franchi 20 million. An inscription on the wall says proudly: " Ansu romano, aere Veneto " - with Roman daring, at the expense of Venice. Prior to the erection of the " murazzi " the island was protected only by fairly simple mounds of earth, sand and gravel between wooden posts.

Name and history

The name Pellestrina derives from the ancient name Pristene (Latin: Portus Prestenae ) from. As a result of hostilities between Venice and Chioggia remained intact neither of the inhabitants of the houses still significant parts. Four families ( Busetto, Vianello, Zennari, Scarpa ) managed to make the island habitable again, and not even the plague epidemic of 1630 and two large floods could sell the new residents. By not always voluntary settlement attempts were made to revive the island further.

The impoverished condition of yesteryear and the recurring storm surges did not allow Pellestrinotti to leave great buildings, so that there is no significant sights.

The flood disaster of 1966 taught not only in the city of Venice ravages of great magnitude, but also Pellestrina then seemed to be doomed.

Economy

Today's inhabitants live on fish and shellfish fisheries and tourism. Especially in fishing for shellfish good money is made today. He is also a breeding ground for criminal practices which destroy by their aggressiveness also the subsoil of the lagoon through illegal fishing. This is also the theme of the Venice detective novels by Donna Leon ( The law of the lagoon ), the venue is primarily the island Pellestrina.

In recent years, especially the bicycle tourism has greatly increased. It performs a cycle path from Chioggia on Pellestrina, then on the Lido and the island of Sant 'Erasmo to Punta Sabbioni to the mainland. There is a ferry to Chioggia and a bus service connects the island to the Lido.

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