Sacca San Biagio

Sacca San Biagio
Sacca San Biagio is located in Venetian Lagoon
Sacca San Biagio
Sacca San Biagio
Geography
Coordinates45°25′37″N 12°18′33″E / 45.42682°N 12.30925°E / 45.42682; 12.30925
Administration
RegionVeneto
ProvinceProvince of Venice

Sacca San Biagio is an uninhabited island in the Venetian Lagoon which, like other "sacche" (Sacca Sessola, Sacca Fisola, etc.), is artificial. It lies immediately to the west of Sacca Fisola, to which it is connected by a bridge, and was built between the 1920s and the 1950s from trash.

It hosted a trash incinerator from 1973 to 1985. It is now being improved, with proposals for a theme park and cultural center.[1]

Map
Sacca San Biagio with trash barges and the now-demolished incinerator

Notes

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  1. ^ [1] Venezia prepara l'isola multimediale, il Sole 24ore, 30 ottobre 2013.