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[[File:Calle.jpg|right|thumb|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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin Latin] word for "street," and is also used in Spanish speaking countries. 

== See Also ==
*[[Street]]
*[[Streets]]

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==Bibliography==
*[https://sites.google.com/site/venicemaintained/proposal 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==
*[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calle Italian Wikipedia article on the Venetian calle]

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