Calle

Calle Del Forno

The most common type of street in Venice is the calle. There are 1,712 calli in Venice. Calle is a word specific to Venice; in the rest of Italy, the typical name for "street" is via. Calle originates from the Latin word for "street," and is also used in Spanish speaking countries.

See Also

• Street
• Streets

Bibliography

• Finn, Paul; Hutchinson, Katie; Ouellette, Jesse; Muller, Ryan. The Building Blocks of Venice: Preserving knowledge of a city's infrastructure and maintenance. Worcester Ma. Worcester Polytechnic Institute.2011

External Links

• Italian Wikipedia article on the Venetian calle