Sotoportego

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Sotoportego dei Nizioleti

Sotoportego (or sottoportego) is one of the characteristic elements of urban planning in the city of Venice. [1] [2] [3]

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It is a passageway that goes underneath a building. [4] The sotoportego height typically equals to that of the ground floor. Oftentimes, the sotoportego is the only access to a courtyard or a small square. Many sotoporteghi contain sacred images of the saints or Madonna. The images can be bas-reliefs made of the Istrian stone or white marble. [5] [6]

Types

There are three basic types of sotoporteghi:

See also

References

  1. "Venice Glossary: Venice Names and Numbers by My Corner of Italy". My Corner of Italy: All about Italy & Veneto revealed by a local. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. "Venice place names: Calle, Calle Larga, Salizada, Rio terà, Ramo, Sotoportego". Plum Plum Creations. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. "Calle and Sotoportego of the Armenians | A Europe of Diasporas". europeofdiasporas.eu. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. "sotoportego - Italian-English Dictionary". Glosbe. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. "Sotoportego dei Preti | Venice | Italy | AFAR". afar.com. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. Titmarsh, Jo-Ann (2010). Venice Walks. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 55. ISBN   978-0-7627-6635-2 . Retrieved 9 July 2020.