The city is
divided into six areas or "sestiere". These are Cannaregio, San Polo,
Dorsoduro, Santa Croce, San Marco and Castello Each sestiere was administered
by a procurator and his staff.
These districts
consist of parishes – initially seventy in 1033, but reduced under Napoleon and
now numbering just thirty-eight. These parishes predate the sestieri, which
were created in about 1170.
Other islands of
the Venetian Lagoon do not form part of any of the sestieri, having
historically enjoyed a considerable degree of autonomy.
Each sestiere has
its own house numbering system. Each house has a unique number in the district,
from one to several thousand, generally numbered from one corner of the area to
another, but not usually in a readily understandable manner.
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